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.
“MARATHON”
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
23 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Full-service restaurants · Brugge · since 1989
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Joinery installation · Zoutleeuw · since 2000
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Joinery installation · Zoutleeuw · since 2020
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Name of an establishment of GENERAL 60 · Full-service restaurants · Anderlecht · since 2020
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Name of an establishment of REVA EDIA · Cafés and bars · Asse · since 2021
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Name of an establishment of PAIONET · Cafés and bars · Jette · since 2005
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Business and other management consultancy · Anzegem · since 2006
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Cafés and bars · since 2024
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Full-service restaurants · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2021
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Advertising agencies · Hove · since 2018
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Antwerpen · since 2009
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Name of an establishment of PORPAL - MAIL · Cafés and bars · Brussel · since 1999
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Advertising agencies · Brasschaat · since 1998
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Luxembourg · since 2006
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Media representation · Zoutleeuw · since 2018
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · since 1989
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Genappe · since 2003
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Football clubs · Kasterlee · since 2005
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Other sports activities · Gent · since 2008
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Office administrative and support services · Kortenberg · since 2023
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Estaimpuis · since 2018
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Other sports activities · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2020
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Gent · since 1988
Names that resemble it 25 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Full-service restaurants · Elsene · since 2020
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Wingene · since 2023
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Abbreviation of Association des Ressortissants et Sympathisants d'Afrique et du Tiers Monde résidants en Belgique · Schaarbeek · since 1988
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Activities of other sports clubs · Buggenhout · since 2014
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Other sports activities · Wevelgem · since 2010
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since 1996
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Literary creation · since 2012
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Construction of roads and motorways · since 2007
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Diksmuide · since 2023
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Full-service restaurants · Schoten · since 1992
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Detailhandel in overige bouwmaterialen, n.e.g. · Lebbeke · since 2004
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Business and other management consultancy · Enghien · since 2025
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Full-service restaurants · Mechelen · since 1988
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Kontich · since 2020
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2021
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Activities of building architects · Ukkel · since 2023
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Ukkel · since 2009
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Detailhandel in onderkleding, lingerie en strand- en badkleding · since 2003
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Destelbergen · since 2005
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Baggerwerken · since 2005
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Business and other management consultancy · Kortrijk · since 2024
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since 2024
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Other postal and courier activities · since 2025
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2025
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Sports and recreation education · since 2026