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.
“MAO”
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
8 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Activities of lawyers · Huldenberg · since 2022
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Intermediation services for non-specialised retail · since 2026
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Floor and wall tiling · since 2026
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Site preparation · Vorst · since 2019
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Retail sale of chocolate and confectionery · Elsene · since 2010
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Other education · since 2025
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since 2017
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2025
Names that resemble it 43 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of MAELSTROM · Retail sale of information and communication equipment · Waimes · since 2019
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Full-service restaurants · Gent · since 2019
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Full-service restaurants · Sint-Genesius-Rode · since 2020
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2023
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Chaumont-Gistoux · since 2004
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Wavre · since 2023
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Land surveying · Dalhem · since 2024
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Cafés and bars · Heusden-Zolder · since 2026
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Full-service restaurants · Ukkel · since 1982
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Evere · since 1985
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Retail sale of chocolate and confectionery · Stavelot · since 2000
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Name of an establishment of MAES KJELL · Cafés and bars · Antwerpen · since 2015
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Detailhandel in herenbovenkleding · Elsene · since 2016
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · since 2016
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since 2002
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Retail sale of chocolate and confectionery · since 2019
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Activities of lawyers · Elsene · since 2020
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Property management for co-owned buildings (syndics) · Menen · since 2021
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Office administrative and support services · since 2022
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Name of an establishment of CN Concept Makao · Full-service restaurants · Waterloo · since 2022
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Activities of holding companies · Brussel · since 2025
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General construction of residential buildings · Sint-Pieters-Leeuw · since 2025
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Holiday cottages, homes and apartments · Ans · since 2025
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Business and other management consultancy · Kortemark · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of Adolf Mersch und Co · Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Sankt Vith · since 1974
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Abbreviation of Mutsaert Animation · Brussel · since 1982
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · Elsene · since 1982
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Abbreviation of MAISON D'ANDERLECHT · Anderlecht · since 1985
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Abbreviation of Musique acoustique · Virton · since 1988
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Name of an establishment · Retail sale of other cultural and recreation goods · Beauvechain · since 2013
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Name of an establishment · Real estate agency activities · Nazareth-De Pinte · since 2016
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Abbreviation of MA+ ARCHITECTES · Urban planning and landscape architecture · Mons · since 2017
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Cafés and bars · Anderlecht · since 2020
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Abbreviation of Moestuin Architect · Growing of vegetables, melons, roots and tubers · Nazareth-De Pinte · since 2020
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Abbreviation of MOLDAID ASBL · Other social work without accommodation · Walhain · since 2021
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Cafés and bars · Mol · since 2023
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Abbreviation of MOUTHUY Avocats · Activities of lawyers · Elsene · since 2012
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Abbreviation of MINI ANNEESSENS · Other educational support services · Brussel · since 2005
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Abbreviation of La Maison d'Algérie · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2008
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Abbreviation of Maarifa art · Elsene · since 2025
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Abbreviation of Moving Assets · Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Rotselaar · since 2025
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Kaprijke · since 2009
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Turnhout · since 2008