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.
“MARNELL”
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
11 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Business and other management consultancy · Geraardsbergen · since 2016
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Thuin · since 1973
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Mixed farming · Zwevegem · since 1989
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Business and other management consultancy · Braine-le-Château · since 2019
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Retail sale of women's outerwear · Spa · since 2023
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Herentals · since 2010
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Development of residential building projects · Waregem · since 2014
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Agents in the wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco · Hove · since 2022
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Name of an establishment of JORIS ROELANDT · Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Duffel · since 2022
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Name of an establishment of LIMOSTYLE · On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · Beersel · since 2023
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Other business support services · Zonnebeke · since 2024
Names that resemble it 15 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Full-service restaurants · Schoten · since 2020
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Other information service activities · Lanaken · since 2023
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Activities of holding companies · Schilde · since 2020
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Full-service restaurants · Zonhoven · since 2007
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Visual arts creation · since 2025
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Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 1972
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Full-service restaurants · Hooglede · since 2009
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · since 2026
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Vervaardiging van kantoor- en winkelmeubelen · Waregem · since 1970
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Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · Erpe-Mere · since 1986
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Zemst · since 1989
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Wichelen · since 1996
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Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · since 2007
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Bassenge · since 1951
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Funeral services · since 1983