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.
“MAPEX”
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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Wholesale of timber · Schoten · since 2021
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Retail sale of other household articles · since 2022
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Other professional, scientific and technical activities · Braine-l'Alleud · since 2011
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Ichtegem · since 2001
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Repair and maintenance of machinery · since 2018
Names that resemble it 43 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Vervaardiging van keukenmeubelen · Erpe-Mere · since 1967
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Abbreviation of MAISON DE LA FEMME · Brussel · since 2015
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Groothandel in huismeubilair · Ukkel · since 2013
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Name of an establishment of MAPECO TURNHOUT · Groothandel in ijzerwaren · Turnhout · since 1990
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Retail sale of pharmaceutical products · Lanaken · since 2000
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · Brugge · since 2023
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Abbreviation of MOUVEMENT D'ACTION PAYSANNE - ECOLE PAYSANNE INDEPENDANTE · Vocational training · Wellin · since 2004
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Zwevegem · since 2025
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Retail sale of electrical household appliances · Waterloo · since 1974
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Manufacture of other builders' carpentry and joinery · Ardooie · since 1982
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Abbreviation of Medical Application and Programming · Zaventem · since 1982
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Abbreviation of MEDIA, ANIMATION, PROMOTION · Verhuur en lease van transportmiddelen voor vervoer over water · Evere · since 1989
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Activities of building architects · Koksijde · since 1990
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Abbreviation of Musée communal Armand Pellegrin, musée de la Pédagogie · Activiteiten van musea en collecties · Hélécine · since 1993
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Abbreviation of Magie Art Promo · Jette · since 1994
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Abbreviation of MOORS AANHANGWAGENS PEER · Repair and maintenance of fabricated metal products · Peer · since 1998
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Market research and public opinion polling · Harelbeke · since 2000
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Abbreviation of MACORS ALBERT PARKETWERKEN · Sawmilling and planing of wood · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2002
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Business and other management consultancy · Lommel · since 2014
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Abbreviation of Miroirs, Art & Patrimoine · Enghien · since 2017
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Abbreviation of Mapenzi · Aalst · since 2020
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Wholesale of non-electrical household articles · Liège · since 2021
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Vermogensbeheer · Sint-Lievens-Houtem · since 2019
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Abbreviation of AMERPIE · Vervaardiging van edelsmeedwerk · Wommelgem · since 2023
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Productie van televisiefilms · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2024
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Abbreviation of Marché Artisanal de Peissant · Estinnes · since 2026
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2021
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Business and other management consultancy · Brussel · since 1983
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Brussel · since 1986
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Wholesale of construction materials, general range · Schoten · since 1996
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Elsene · since 2002
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Huishoudelijke persoonlijke dienstverlening · Manage · since 2010
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General electrical installation work · since 2025
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Physiotherapy · Waregem · since 2026
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Name of an establishment · Wholesale of pharmaceutical and medical goods · Anderlecht · since 1983
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Visual arts creation · Grez-Doiceau · since 1995
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Office administrative and support services · Chaudfontaine · since 2001
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Business and other management consultancy · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2011
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Landscape service activities · Rixensart · since 2003
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Wholesale of pharmaceutical and medical goods · Braine-l'Alleud · since 2005
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Driving schools for cars and motorcycles · Kasterlee · since 2008
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Abbreviation of M.A.P. TRANSPORT · Courcelles · since 1986
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Abbreviation of MODERN ART PROMOTION · Jabbeke · since 1996