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.
“MARIBOUW”
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
18 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Overijse · since 1980
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Zandhoven · since 2014
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Insulation installation · Gent · since 2006
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Design of textile patterns, clothing, jewellery, furniture and decorative items · since 2025
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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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Joinery installation · Izegem · since 2000
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Other construction installation · since 2018
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Bouw van andere civieltechnische werken, n.e.g. · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2021
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2013
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Aalter · since 2020
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2022
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2023
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2025
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Bricklaying and masonry work · Beringen · since 2025
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Other building finishing work · Oudenaarde · since 2026
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General construction of residential buildings · Zonhoven · since 2012
Names that resemble it 23 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Buggenhout · since 2022
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Activities of holding companies · Antwerpen · since 1991
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General construction of residential buildings · Zoersel · since 2013
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Other building finishing work · Antwerpen · since 2006
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Bricklaying and masonry work · since 2014
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Plumbing work · since 2020
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Activities of interior architects · since 2024
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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 non-specialised retail sale · since 2018
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Other business support services · Opwijk · since 2021
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General construction of residential buildings · Mechelen · since 2021
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General construction of residential buildings · Alken · 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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General construction of residential buildings · Antwerpen · since 1928
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2026
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2024
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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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Other building finishing work · since 2026
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Funeral services · Ingelmunster · since 2008
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since 2023