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.
“MARDIFF”
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
4 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Wholesale of clothing, excluding workwear and underwear · Manhay · since 2018
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Other retail sale of new goods · since 2024
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Zulte · since 1985
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Genk · since 1996
Names that resemble it 23 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Vervaardiging van gebreide en gehaakte kleding · Brasschaat · since 1992
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Profondeville · since 2000
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Vervaardiging van bereide maaltijden en schotels · since 1983
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Vervaardiging van poets- en reinigingsmiddelen · Ronse · since 2003
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Cafés and bars · De Haan · since 2025
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Marche-en-Famenne · since 2000
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Insulation installation · since 2013
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Vrachtbehandeling in zeehavens · Hamme (Vl.) · since 2017
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Dental practice · Brasschaat · since 2018
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Business and other management consultancy · Temse · since 2019
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Abbreviation of Marketplace Distribution Services · Other non-specialised retail sale · Willebroek · since 2019
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Pelt · since 2021
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Brussel · since 1989
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Retail sale of watches and jewellery · Antwerpen · since 2018
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Other business support services · Hooglede · since 2022
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Advertising agencies · Hoeilaart · since 2011
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Genk · since 2024
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Aarschot · since 1992
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Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · since 2003
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Business and other management consultancy · Nazareth-De Pinte · since 2005
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Real estate agency activities · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of ALL TASK · Business and other management consultancy · since 2015
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Lokeren · since 1979