Name check
Is your company name already in the register? Type the name you want to use. You see at once whether an active company in the KBO register already has the same or a similar name, and whether it works in your sector. Trademarks and domain names are checked separately.
“MALDA”
An active company already has this name
The name is not unique in the register. In another sector the risk of confusion is smaller, but customers and search engines do not always make that distinction.
Also pick your activity to see whether a similar name exists in your own sector.
What this check does and does not say
- We compare against every name in the KBO register today: the name, the abbreviation and the trade names of enterprises and their establishments. Capitals, accents, punctuation and legal forms (bv, nv, srl, ...) do not count.
- This is not a trademark search and not legal advice on using the name. A name that is not in the register can still be protected as a trademark. Trademarks are searched in the official registers of the Benelux Office for Intellectual Property (BOIP, boip.int) and the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO, euipo.europa.eu).
- A domain name or a social media handle is also separate from the register.
Same or very similar names
4 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Elsene · since 1986
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Maldegem · since 2012
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Activities of head offices · Wuustwezel · since 2026
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Ham-sur-Heure-Nalinnes · since 1985
Names that resemble it 23 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Zelzate · since 2011
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Sint-Niklaas · since 1997
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Manufacture of other builders' carpentry and joinery · Evergem · since 1977
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Abbreviation of Malkoc Distribution · Business and other management consultancy · Saint-Nicolas · since 1992
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Groothandel in machines, werktuigen en toebehoren voor de landbouw · Sint-Katelijne-Waver · since 1996
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Leuven · since 2019
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Full-service restaurants · Les Bons Villers · since 2012
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Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2005
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Abbreviation of LES MARCHEURS DE L'AMITIE DE LANDENNE-SUR-MEUSE · Andenne · since 1996
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Activities of holding companies · Izegem · since 2024
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Abbreviation of Make a Living · Retail sale of other cultural and recreation goods · Tienen · since 2026
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Activities of holding companies · Brasschaat · since 1996
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Other amusement and recreation activities · since 2013
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Name of an establishment of Flüssig · Reproductie van opgenomen media · Heusden-Zolder · since 2015
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2018
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Sprimont · since 2014
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Antwerpen · since 2019
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Detailhandel in baby- en kinderbovenkleding · Asse · since 2009
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Name of an establishment of AFFANI · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Antwerpen · since 2024
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Ranst · since 1994
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1985
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Abbreviation of ALDA Fournitures de bureau et scolaire · Groothandel in kantoor- en schoolbenodigdheden · Brussel · since 2025
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Real estate agency activities · Etterbeek · since 2009