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.
“MARCLAU”
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
6 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · Ukkel · since 2010
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Business and other management consultancy · Zaventem · since 2016
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Inland freight water transport · Gent · since 2019
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Detailhandel in vlees van wild en van gevogelte · Mechelen · since 2019
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Funeral services · Antwerpen · since 2004
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Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Zelzate · since 2010
Names that resemble it 48 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Manufacture of other builders' carpentry and joinery · since 2019
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Other specialised construction activities · Sint-Pieters-Leeuw · since 2023
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Vermogensbeheer · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2025
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Chastre · since 1993
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Dental practice · La Louvière · since 2001
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Logistics services · since 2010
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Gouffern en Auge · since 2021
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Dental practice · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2013
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Full-service restaurants · Zaventem · since 2012
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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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Groothandel in tabaksproducten · Mons · since 1999
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Other specialised construction activities · since 2021
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Waterloo · since 2018
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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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Landscape service activities · since 2017
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Painting of buildings · since 2002
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Liège · since 2007
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Mixed farming · since 1992
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Elsene · since 1974
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Venlo · since 1980
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Wholesale of other household goods · Gent · since 1985
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Hairdressing and barber services · Sint-Niklaas · since 1987
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Retail sale of hardware, building materials, paint and glass (general range) · Herselt · since 1994
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Ingelmunster · since 1995
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Mixed farming · Estinnes · since 1998
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Nutrition and dietetics services · Genk · since 2013
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Activities of building architects · Temse · since 2016
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Name of an establishment of IMMO REMCO · Activities of holding companies · Aarschot · since 2016
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Business and other management consultancy · Hasselt · since 2019
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Other maintenance and repair of motor vehicles · Glabbeek · since 2020
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Waasmunster · since 2020
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Vermogensbeheer · Waasmunster · since 2020
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Advertising agencies · Antwerpen · since 2021
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2002
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Business and other management consultancy · Oupeye · since 2023
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Activities of holding companies · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2010
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Detailhandel in breigarens, handwerken en fournituren · since 1967
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2006
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Business and other management consultancy · Verviers · since 2026
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Heist-op-den-Berg · since 1995
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Name of an establishment of Etablissements Marco · Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Vilvoorde · since 1968
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Jabbeke · since 1982
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Wholesale of non-electrical household articles · since 1984