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.
“MARQUIZ”
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
5 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Advertising agencies · Brugge · since 2009
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Business and other management consultancy · Middelkerke · since 2005
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Steenokkerzeel · since 2016
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WITTEN AM RUHR · since 2006
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Other software publishing · Mechelen · since 2007
Names that resemble it 24 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Nazareth-De Pinte · since 1979
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Raising of horses and other equines · since 2016
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Reparatie en onderhoud van schoeisel en lederwaren · since 2018
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 1994
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Cafés and bars · since 2025
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Aalst · since 2022
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Vervaardiging van metalen deuren en vensters · Geel · since 2022
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Finishing of textiles · Arlon · since 1971
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Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · Brussel · since 1997
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Groothandel in overig textiel · since 2026
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Elsene · since 1972
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Exploitatie van snooker- en biljartzalen · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2023
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Operation of sports facilities · since 1998
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Other personal services · since 2025
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Nursing and midwifery · since 2026
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Insurance agents and brokers · Estaimpuis · since 1981
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Activities of holding companies · Herzele · since 2012
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Antwerpen · since 2019
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Business and other management consultancy · Edegem · since 2021
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Business and other management consultancy · Nijlen · since 2021
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since 2023
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Retail sale of flowers, plants, seeds and fertilisers · since 2026
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Pecq · since 1984
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Name of an establishment of BMC Benelux · Activities of holding companies · Sint-Agatha-Berchem · since 2014