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.
“MALDAM”
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
16 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Maldegem · since 2012
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Elsene · since 1986
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Brussel · since 1980
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Brussel · since 1981
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Name of an establishment of BELTA · Discotheken, dancings en dergelijke · Brussel · since 1982
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Liège · since 1984
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News agency activities · Genappe · since 2013
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Retail sale of women's outerwear · Herve · since 2016
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Retail sale of other second-hand goods, excluding clothing · since 2017
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Brugge · since 2021
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Discotheken, dancings en dergelijke · since 1985
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Full-service restaurants · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2004
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Retail sale of second-hand clothing · Gent · since 2025
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Agents in the wholesale of textiles, clothing, fur, footwear and leather goods · Brussel · since 2003
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Other business support services · Sint-Genesius-Rode · since 2018
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General electrical installation work · Wielsbeke · since 2019
Names that resemble it 8 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Sint-Niklaas · since 1997
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Activities of head offices · Wuustwezel · since 2026
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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