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.
“MALWIN”
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
12 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Real estate appraisal on a fee or contract basis · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2021
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Torhout · since 2000
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Development of residential building projects · Schilde · since 2016
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Saint-Ghislain · since 2019
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Dental practice · Hasselt · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of MALIN Agency · Agents in the wholesale of furniture, household goods and hardware · De Haan · since 2010
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Joinery installation · Kuurne · since 1990
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Edegem · since 1994
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Cafés and bars · Liège · since 2002
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Sint-Truiden · since 2019
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Other professional, scientific and technical activities · Edegem · since 2022
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Name of an establishment of MALFIN GROUP · Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Kraainem · since 2026
Names that resemble it 6 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Harelbeke · since 2011
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2025
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Other retail sale of food · Gent · since 2022
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Nijlen · since 2005
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Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Keerbergen · since 2024
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Hairdressing and barber services · Vilvoorde · since 2026