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.
“MALDEX”
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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Manufacture of other builders' carpentry and joinery · Evergem · since 1977
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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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Breda · since 1988
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Detailhandel in kledingstoffen · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1973
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Vervaardiging van overige machines en apparaten voor algemeen gebruik, n.e.g. · Charleroi · since 1987
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Ukkel · since 1989
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Business and other management consultancy · Arendonk · since 2001
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2021
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Risk and damage evaluation · Wevelgem · since 2011
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Oostkamp · since 2007
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Joinery installation · Harelbeke · since 2024
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Name of an establishment of DEMATT · Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Brussel · since 1983
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Zug 6300 · since 1994
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Activities of holding companies · Lommel · since 2013
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since 2008
Names that resemble it 10 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Antwerpen · since 2019
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Name of an establishment of GROEP INTRO VZW · Vocational training · Anderlecht · since 1997
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Name of an establishment of Groep INTRO Maatwerk · Beschutte en sociale werkplaatsen · Anderlecht · since 2000
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Bouw van andere civieltechnische werken, n.e.g. · Juprelle · since 2022
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Elsene · since 1986
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Activities of head offices · Wuustwezel · since 2026
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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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Buying and selling of own real estate · Maldegem · since 2012