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.
“MALTA”
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
7 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Retail sale of women's outerwear · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2016
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Activities of holding companies · Turnhout · since 2004
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Name of an establishment of DE MALTE A GOZO · Wholesale of other food products · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2001
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Abbreviation of MALTA ALL TRUCKS SERVICES · Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Herve · since 2018
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Other business support services · Kortrijk · since 2021
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Verviers · since 2022
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since 1969
Names that resemble it 24 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Business and other management consultancy · Ieper · since 2013
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Zelzate · since 2011
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Grimbergen · since 2021
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Repair and maintenance of machinery · since 1997
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General medical practice · Balen · since 2023
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Other specialised construction activities · Gent · since 2003
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Levallois-Perret · since 2005
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Manufacture of beer · since 2026
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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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Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 1983
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Machining of metals · Sint-Pieters-Leeuw · since 1988
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Full-service restaurants · Ninove · since 2015
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Retail sale of pets, pet food and pet supplies · Oudergem · since 2018
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Wholesale of clothing, excluding workwear and underwear · Nieuwpoort · since 2008
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Business and other management consultancy · Genappe · since 2004
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Retail sale of wines and spirits · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2020
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1978
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Knokke-Heist · since 2010
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Business and other management consultancy · Overijse · since 2020
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Abbreviation of Association Liégeoise des Théâtres Amateurs · Liège · since 2011
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Detailhandel in overige bouwmaterialen, n.e.g. · Kontich · since 2012
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Abbreviation of ALTA MEDIA & PUBLISHING · Other publishing activities, excluding software publishing · Oud-Heverlee · since 2005