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.
“MARKEY”
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
29 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Name of an establishment of FLOWER FANTASIES · Retail sale of flowers, plants, seeds and fertilisers · Zaventem · since 1994
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 1997
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · since 1994
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Fitness centres · Herentals · since 1992
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Abbreviation of Festival Mark-é · Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · Menen · since 2018
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Name of an establishment of Provinciale Ontwikkelingsmaatschappij West-Vlaanderen · Provinciale overheid · Brugge · since 2006
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Advertising agencies · Roeselare · since 1984
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Name of an establishment of ORTHROS · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Zaventem · since 1992
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Real estate appraisal on a fee or contract basis · Diepenbeek · since 1994
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Name of an establishment of SCHILCO · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Zaventem · since 1994
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Advertising agencies · Gent · since 1999
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Name of an establishment of Market D4 CBRA · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Zaventem · since 2013
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Name of an establishment of Market A1 CBRA · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Zaventem · since 2013
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Name of an establishment of Market C3 CBRA · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Zaventem · since 2013
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Name of an establishment of Market F6 CBRA · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Zaventem · since 2015
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Name of an establishment of Market E5 CBRA · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Zaventem · since 2015
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Kortenaken · since 2019
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Name of an establishment of Van Reckless · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Elsene · since 2025
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · since 2018
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Pre-press and pre-media services · since 2025
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Raising of dairy cattle · since 2004
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Raising of sheep and goats · since 2006
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Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · since 1980
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Other retail sale of new goods · since 2002
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Manufacture of ceramic household and ornamental articles · since 2020
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since 1997
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2019
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Activities of holding companies · Antwerpen · since 2023
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Advertising agencies · Sint-Niklaas · since 2019
Names that resemble it 24 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of Wegenmarkeringsbedrijf Markeer · Schiedam · since 1976
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Name of an establishment of Knowledge Hub · Office administrative and support services · Brugge · since 2015
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Advertising agencies · since 2018
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Full-service restaurants · Laakdal · since 2020
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Retail sale of other cultural and recreation goods · since 1989
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Market research and public opinion polling · Halen · since 2003
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Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · since 2024
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Liège · since 2024
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Schaarbeek · since 1982
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Computer programming · Elsene · since 2014
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Boechout · since 2018
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2018
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2020
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Advertising agencies · since 2021
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Activities of holding companies · Mortsel · since 2022
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Libramont-Chevigny · since 2008
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Computer programming · Koekelberg · since 2024
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Video and film production, excluding cinema and television films · Lokeren · since 2026
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Weven van textiel · Wichelen · since 2016
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Name of an establishment · General construction of residential buildings · Flémalle · since 2020
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2021
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Groothandel in zuivelproducten en eieren · Ranst · since 2011
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Retail sale of pharmaceutical products · Hoogstraten · since 2007
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Painting of buildings · since 2024