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.
“MARIA”
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
62 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Brussel · since 2000
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Post-production of films, video and television programmes · since 2023
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · since 2017
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Other amusement and recreation activities · since 1992
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Name of an establishment of SORALIA SERVICES · On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · Anderlecht · since 2019
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of Aperotheek · Full-service restaurants · Gent · since 2023
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Retail sale of chocolate and confectionery · since 2011
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Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · since 2026
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since 1998
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since 2026
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Oudsbergen · since 1986
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Vervaardiging van zuivelproducten · Gembloux · since 2000
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Gent · since 2003
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Retail sale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, excluding motor fuels · Liège · since 2015
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Other construction installation · since 2019
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Vermogensbeheer · Hoogstraten · since 2007
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General construction of residential buildings · Brugge · since 2022
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Dental practice · Liège · since 2010
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Oupeye · since 2004
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2005
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Other retail sale of new goods · since 2024
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Duffel · since 2026
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Raising of other cattle and buffaloes · since 2020
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Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · since 2002
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Raising of dairy cattle · since 2009
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since 2006
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since 1971
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since 1982
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since 1987
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Travel agency activities · Morlanwelz · since 2020
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Activities of holding companies · Etterbeek · since 2025
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since 1985
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Translation services · since 2000
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since 1982
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since 1995
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Holiday cottages, homes and apartments · since 2022
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since 1974
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Sports and recreation education · since 2026
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Gent · since 1981
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Heusden-Zolder · since 1988
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Verhuur en lease van woon- en bureelcontainers en dergelijke accommodatie · Koksijde · since 1997
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Business and other management consultancy · Mechelen · since 2014
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Mixed farming · since 1971
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since 2007
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since 1969
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Visual arts creation · since 2019
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Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 2020
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Activities of building architects · Ledegem · since 2021
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Business and other management consultancy · Nijlen · since 2021
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Keerbergen · since 2020
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Wuustwezel · since 2021
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Business and other management consultancy · Brugge · since 2021
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Huishoudelijke persoonlijke dienstverlening · Aarschot · since 2009
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Specialist medical practice · since 1992
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Nutrition and dietetics services · since 1999
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Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2004
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Groothandel in schoeisel · Mechelen · since 2005
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Hotels and similar accommodation · Gent · since 2023
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2025
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Full-service restaurants · Zottegem · since 2015
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Liedekerke · since 2013
Names that resemble it 9 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Sint-Niklaas · since 1996
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since 1973
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2020
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Other amusement and recreation activities · since 2024
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Elsene · since 2024
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Insulation installation · Anderlecht · since 2025
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Zele · since 2026
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Retail sale of pharmaceutical products · Saint-Léger (Lux.) · since 1997
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Lochristi · since 2013