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.
“MARCQ”
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
35 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Elsene · since 1974
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Mixed farming · Estinnes · since 1998
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Business and other management consultancy · Oupeye · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2006
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Huldenberg · since 1969
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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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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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Other business support services · since 2018
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Business and other management consultancy · Hasselt · since 2019
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Aywaille · since 2006
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Real estate agency activities · Nazareth-De Pinte · since 2019
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Schilde · since 2020
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Vermogensbeheer · 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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Specialist medical practice · since 1997
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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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Name of an establishment of NIL · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Verviers · since 2024
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Business and other management consultancy · Verviers · since 2026
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since 1996
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2024
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Veterinary services · since 1992
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since 2015
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Landscape service activities · since 2018
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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
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since 2009
Names that resemble it 27 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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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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Plastering work · Aalter · since 2002
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · since 1992
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Joinery installation · Aalter · since 2024
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Wavre · since 1968
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Schaarbeek · since 1978
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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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Retail sale of footwear · Turnhout · since 1997
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Namur · since 2017
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Retail sale of other sporting goods · Poperinge · since 2022
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Activities of head offices · Aarschot · since 2022
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Bornem · since 2022
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Name of an establishment of DEROVER · Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Maarkedal · since 2023
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Moorslede · since 2024
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Heist-op-den-Berg · since 1995
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Schaarbeek · since 1978
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Floor and wall tiling · Menen · since 2018