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.
“MARKHOR”
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
3 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Vorst · since 2020
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Brussel · since 2024
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2020
Names that resemble it 25 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Manufacture of other builders' carpentry and joinery · since 2021
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Kortemark · since 1991
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Varkensvetmesterijen · Deinze · since 2005
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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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Abbreviation of MARKHOVE-DOT-ORG · Kortemark · since 1992
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Antwerpen · since 1983
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Hoogstraten · since 1987
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Ternat · since 1988
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Fitness centres · Herentals · since 1992
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Pre-press and pre-media services · Brussel · since 1997
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Hotels and similar accommodation · Kasterlee · since 2000
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Weven van textiel · Wichelen · since 2016
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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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General construction of residential buildings · Flémalle · since 2020
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Abbreviation of Mechels ARchitecten KoöperaTief · Activities of building architects · Mechelen · since 2023
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Other retail sale of new goods · Anderlecht · since 2008
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Groothandel in zuivelproducten en eieren · Ranst · since 2011
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Name of an establishment of Provinciale Ontwikkelingsmaatschappij West-Vlaanderen · Provinciale overheid · Brugge · since 2006
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Retail sale of pharmaceutical products · Hoogstraten · since 2007
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Activities of holding companies · Antwerpen · since 2023
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Painting of buildings · since 2024