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.
“MARIB”
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
45 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Activities of holding companies · Antwerpen · since 1991
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General construction of residential buildings · Hechtel-Eksel · since 1992
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Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · since 1995
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Insurance agents and brokers · Maasmechelen · since 2005
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Activities of interior architects · since 2024
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Gent · since 1981
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General construction of residential buildings · Diest · since 1986
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Malle · since 1987
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Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 1987
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Heusden-Zolder · since 1988
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Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 1991
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Name of an establishment of MARIE - AVENUE LOUISE · Full-service restaurants · Elsene · since 1994
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Berlaar · since 1994
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Mixed farming · Pepingen · since 1994
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Verhuur en lease van woon- en bureelcontainers en dergelijke accommodatie · Koksijde · since 1997
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Activities of holding companies · Brugge · since 1998
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Brussel · since 2000
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Name of an establishment of MARIO BRABANT · General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Stekene · since 2001
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Business and other management consultancy · Mechelen · since 2014
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1996
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Zundert · since 1998
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Knokke-Heist · since 2016
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Business and other management consultancy · Tremelo · since 2017
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Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · since 1989
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Kortemark · since 2015
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Manufacture of other wood products · since 1999
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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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Huishoudelijke persoonlijke dienstverlening · Aarschot · since 2009
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Abbreviation of MARIE LINGERIE · Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Antwerpen · since 2010
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Retail sale of chocolate and confectionery · since 2011
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Riemst · since 2003
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Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2004
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Knokke-Heist · since 2004
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Name of an establishment · Groothandel in schoeisel · Mechelen · since 2005
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Landscape service activities · since 2006
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Temporary employment agencies and other provision of personnel · since 2007
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Hotels and similar accommodation · Gent · since 2023
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Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · Herk-de-Stad · since 2024
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Kluisbergen · since 2024
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Business and other management consultancy · Aalst · since 2026
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Zaventem · since 1995
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Liedekerke · since 2013
Names that resemble it 20 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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Lease van intellectuele eigendom en vergelijkbare producten, met uitzondering van werken onder auteursrecht · Eeklo · since 1991
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Schilde · since 1993
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Other business support services · Opwijk · since 2021
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Buggenhout · since 2022
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Name of an establishment of So Maribel · Full-service restaurants · Schaarbeek · since 2023
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Specialist medical practice · Herselt · since 2009
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Ganshoren · since 2005
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2024
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Design of textile patterns, clothing, jewellery, furniture and decorative items · since 2025
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Overijse · since 1980
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Business and other management consultancy · Wevelgem · since 1997
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since 1996
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Zandhoven · since 2014
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Full-service restaurants · Hooglede · since 2009
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Real estate agency activities · Gent · since 2011
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Insulation installation · Gent · since 2006
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Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Essen · since 1976
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Full-service restaurants · Lier · since 2001
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Ingelmunster · since 2008