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.
“MARCAN”
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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Overige plantenvermeerdering · Wavre · since 1968
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Ingelmunster · since 1978
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Sint-Truiden · since 1986
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Balen · since 1989
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Guest rooms (bed and breakfast) · Zaventem · since 1995
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Retail sale of second-hand clothing · since 1990
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Brasschaat · since 2022
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Other personal services · Wetteren · since 2022
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Huldenberg · since 1969
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Vermogensbeheer · Waasmunster · since 2020
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Activities of holding companies · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2010
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Overige diensten in verband met het maken van geluidsopnamen · since 2013
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Literary creation · since 2020
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Computer programming · Torhout · since 2021
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Business and other management consultancy · Namur · since 2024
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Growing of flowers · Sint-Gillis-Waas · since 1993
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Namur · since 2021
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Retail sale of wines and spirits · Fléron · since 2022
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Bemiddeling in verband met verhuur en leasing van auto’s, campers en aanhangwagens · Oud-Turnhout · since 2025
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Computer programming · Oostkamp · since 2026
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Jabbeke · since 1982
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Staden · since 2007
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Floor and wall tiling · Menen · since 2018
Names that resemble it 36 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Lubbeek · since 1990
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · since 2000
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2019
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Izegem · since 1983
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · Knokke-Heist · since 1985
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Abbreviation of MATHEMATICS RESEARCH CENTER · Antwerpen · since 1985
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Abbreviation of MANAGEMENT and ACTUARIAL RESEARCH COMPANY · Business and other management consultancy · Wemmel · since 1992
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Sint-Niklaas · since 1992
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Niel · since 1997
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Groothandel in tabaksproducten · Mons · since 1999
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Name of an establishment of MARCARS SCS · General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Jalhay · since 2002
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Other technical testing and analysis · since 2012
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Other specialised construction activities · since 2021
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Inland freight water transport · since 1994
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Literary creation · since 2017
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Beheer en instandhouding van natuurreservaten · Kortrijk · since 2017
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Waterloo · since 2018
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Full-service restaurants · Scherpenheuvel-Zichem · since 2019
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Other professional, scientific and technical activities · De Haan · since 2022
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Market research and public opinion polling · Bertem · since 2023
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Dental practice · since 2005
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Other business support services · Awans · since 2009
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Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Haaltert · since 2023
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General medical practice · Bonheiden · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Nijlen · since 2024
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Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Braine-le-Comte · since 2025
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 2024
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since 1980
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Painting of buildings · since 2019
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Freight transport by road · Opwijk · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Katelijne-Waver · since 2011
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Abbreviation of MARCASSE ET SA MEMOIRE · Colfontaine · since 2006
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Freight transport by road · Courcelles · since 2025
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Aywaille · since 2006
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Real estate agency activities · Nazareth-De Pinte · since 2019
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Heist-op-den-Berg · since 1995