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.
“MARICATIO”
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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Cafés and bars · since 2022
Names that resemble it 25 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Other specialised construction activities · since 2017
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Cafés and bars · Ieper · since 1968
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Boortmeerbeek · since 1989
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Groothandel in lederwaren en reisartikelen · since 1993
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Other business support services · since 2023
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Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 1987
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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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Site preparation · since 2014
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1996
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Development of residential building projects · Knokke-Heist · since 2016
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Retail sale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, excluding motor fuels · since 2016
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Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · since 1989
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Plumbing work · since 2021
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Support activities for crop production · Leopoldsburg · since 2022
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Temporary employment agencies and other provision of personnel · since 2007
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Hotels and similar accommodation · Antwerpen · since 1966
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Full-service restaurants · La Hulpe · since 1982
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Activities of building architects · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1990
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Business and other management consultancy · Hooglede · since 2025
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Holiday cottages, homes and apartments · Comines-Warneton · since 2024
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Dental practice · since 2001
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Merchtem · since 2011
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Other tax advisory services · since 2007
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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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Pig breeding farms · Eeklo · since 2004