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.
“MANPO”
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
2 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Activities of holding companies · Maaseik · since 2011
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Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2013
Names that resemble it 14 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Name of an establishment of Manpower (Belgium) · Temporary employment agencies and other provision of personnel · Machelen (Brab.) · since 1972
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2008
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General construction of residential buildings · Brugge · since 2025
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Brasschaat · since 1999
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Activities of holding companies · Schelle · since 2014
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Other tax advisory services · Aalst · since 2015
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Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · Mons · since 2017
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Name of an establishment of LA MACHINE AGRICOLE DE NORMANDIE · Groothandel in machines, werktuigen en toebehoren voor de landbouw · Evreux - Eure · since 1990
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Specialist medical practice · Seneffe · since 2023
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Detailhandel in herenbovenkleding · since 2023
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 2025
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Specialist medical practice · Lummen · since 1987
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since 2021
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Abbreviation of Ministère aux nations plénitude en Christ Aumônerie · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 2022