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.
“MARGALEX”
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
7 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Activities of holding companies · Blégny · since 2005
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Brussel · since 1989
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Uitgeven van kranten · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 1991
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Name of an establishment of MARALEX Comm.V. · Business and other management consultancy · Zwevegem · since 2014
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Activities of holding companies · Zonhoven · since 2022
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Name of MARALEX RETAIL · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Waasmunster · since 2022
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Vervaardiging van parfums en toiletartikelen · Antwerpen · since 2025
Names that resemble it 27 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Detailhandel in lederwaren en reisartikelen · Mortsel · since 1972
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Vervaardiging van overige machines en apparaten voor algemeen gebruik, n.e.g. · Charleroi · since 1987
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Business and other management consultancy · Arendonk · since 2001
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Rotterdam · since 1938
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Agents in the wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco · Kapellen · since 2016
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2021
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Oostkamp · since 2007
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Activities of lawyers · Brugge · since 2013
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Scheduled passenger transport by road · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · Brussel · since 2006
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Wholesale of information and communication equipment · Brugge · since 2008
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Real estate appraisal on a fee or contract basis · Remicourt · since 2023
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Other business support services · Oostende · since 2025
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Gembloux · since 2025
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · since 2002
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Development of residential building projects · Geel · since 2015
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Full-service restaurants · Anderlecht · since 2016
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2016
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Physiotherapy · Wavre · since 2019
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Insurance agents and brokers · Brasschaat · since 2020
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Full-service restaurants · Charleroi · since 2011
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Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · since 2004
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Grimbergen · since 2006
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Cafés and bars · Quévy · since 2025
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Mixed farming · since 1975
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Mixed farming · since 1998
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Full-service restaurants · Oudergem · since 2002