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.
“MALVO”
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
5 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · Aalst · since 1989
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Groothandel in weefsels, stoffen en fournituren · since 1976
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Coating of metals · Hoogstraten · since 2023
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Elsene · since 2023
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Jette · since 1975
Names that resemble it 12 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Business and other management consultancy · Heuvelland · since 1997
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Activities of holding companies · Brugge · since 2018
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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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Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · Herzele · since 1992
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Antwerpen · since 2015
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Other retail sale of food · since 1990
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Office administrative and support services · Gent · since 2020
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Name of an establishment · Niet-gespecialiseerde groothandel in niet-diepgevroren voedingsmiddelen, dranken en genotmiddelen · Temse · since 1952
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Oostburg · since 1993
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 1966