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.
“MARF”
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
1 registered enterprise with a name easily confused with yours.
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Brussel · since 2025
Names that resemble it 59 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Vermogensbeheer · Knokke-Heist · since 2020
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Ukkel · since 2003
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Leuven · since 2007
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Oudsbergen · since 2025
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Abbreviation of Montage Industrieller Anlagen Apparate und Rohrleitungsbau · Saarbrücken · since 1968
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Gent · since 1991
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Abbreviation of MOVIMENTO DE ACCAO E REFLEXAO · since 1998
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Development of non-residential building projects · Oostkamp · since 2002
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Berlaar · since 2015
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Abbreviation of Management Architecture et Ressourcement · Urban planning and landscape architecture · Linkebeek · since 2016
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Activities of holding companies · Kapellen · since 2017
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Abbreviation of MAISON DE L’AGRICULTURE ET DE LA RURALITE · Other business support services · Gembloux · since 2018
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Vermogensbeheer · Lummen · since 2014
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Groothandel in vis en schaal- en weekdieren · Schaarbeek · since 2021
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Activities of head offices · Kruisem · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2023
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Malaga · since 2008
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2011
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Abbreviation of MAROBEL · Antwerpen · since 2012
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Anderlecht · since 1986
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Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · Mouscron · since 1997
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Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 2016
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Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · Sint-Niklaas · since 2024
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2025
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Nursing and midwifery · Fléron · since 2025
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Elsene · since 1972
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Manufacture of cocoa, chocolate and sugar confectionery · Ganshoren · since 1982
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Izegem · since 1983
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Aarschot · since 1987
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Full-service restaurants · Mechelen · since 1988
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Retail sale of prescription glasses, lenses and sunglasses · Balen · since 1989
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Anzegem · since 1989
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Business and other management consultancy · Kapelle-op-den-Bos · since 2013
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Vervaardiging van keukenmeubelen · Oostrozebeke · since 2013
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Groothandel in porselein en glaswerk · Oostkamp · since 2013
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Business and other management consultancy · Diest · since 2015
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Activities of holding companies · Staden · since 2015
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Plastering work · Heusden-Zolder · since 2017
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · Oostende · since 2018
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Waterloo · since 2018
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Design and construction of stages and sets · Leuven · since 2019
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Business and other management consultancy · Wemmel · since 2019
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Kontich · since 2020
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Full-service restaurants · Laakdal · since 2020
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Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 2020
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De Panne · since 2021
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Full-service restaurants · Brugge · since 2021
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Abbreviation of Management Rudi · Activities of holding companies · Tessenderlo-Ham · since 2022
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Landscape service activities · Niel · since 2022
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Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · Verviers · since 2022
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Abbreviation of Zorgnetwerk Mare · Knokke-Heist · since 2022
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Real estate agency activities · Deinze · since 2022
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Hairdressing and barber services · Kampenhout · since 2022
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Market research and public opinion polling · Bertem · since 2023
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Activities of building architects · Ukkel · since 2023
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Retail sale of beverages, general range · since 2026
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Brugge · since 1968
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Wholesale of clothing, excluding workwear and underwear · Hasselt · since 2017
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Wervik · since 1983