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.
“MARNIX”
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
38 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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General electrical installation work · Kampenhout · since 2003
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Retail sale of other second-hand goods, excluding clothing · since 1977
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Elsene · since 2017
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Antwerpen · since 2019
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Activities of head offices · Brussel · since 2020
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2023
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Holiday cottages, homes and apartments · since 2022
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Kortrijk · since 1983
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Retail sale of games and toys · Boortmeerbeek · since 1987
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Gent · since 1988
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Raising of sheep and goats · since 1986
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Hotels and similar accommodation · Riemst · since 2019
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2006
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Plastering work · Hooglede · since 1992
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Joinery installation · since 2015
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Elsene · since 2017
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1989
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Other sports activities · since 2012
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2006
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Name of an establishment of MB-INVEST · Buying and selling of own real estate · Oudenburg · since 2006
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Web portal activities · since 2025
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since 1972
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Manufacture of other builders' carpentry and joinery · since 2006
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Joinery installation · Stekene · since 2001
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1984
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2014
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Advertising agencies · since 2015
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Households as employers of domestic personnel · since 2021
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Mixed farming · since 1983
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Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · since 2023
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since 1985
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Business and other management consultancy · Kampenhout · since 2005
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Verhuur en lease van machines en installaties voor de bouwnijverheid en de weg- en waterbouw · Zele · since 2006
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Activities of holding companies · Yvoir · since 1997
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Business and other management consultancy · Brugge · since 2021
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2012
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Activities of professional membership organisations · Elsene · since 2016
Names that resemble it 21 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Name of an establishment of Openbaar Centrum voor Maatschappelijk Welzijn van Antwerpen · Openbare Centra voor Maatschappelijk Welzijn (OCMW) · Antwerpen · since 1968
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since 1967
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Real estate agency activities · Beerse · since 1984
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Hasselt · since 1988
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Full-service restaurants · Hasselt · since 1998
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2001
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Other business support services · since 2018
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Vermogensbeheer · Libramont-Chevigny · since 2015
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Activities of holding companies · Mechelen · since 2004
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Name of an establishment of PALLIETERKE · Full-service restaurants · Lier · since 1999
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Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · Antwerpen · since 2023
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Overijse · since 2025
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Gent · since 1989
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Vervaardiging van keukenmeubelen · Geraardsbergen · since 1997
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Other business support services · Lanaken · since 2025
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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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Full-service restaurants · Schoten · since 2020
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Name of an establishment of TEFRA · Full-service restaurants · since 1998