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.
“MARTELLO”
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
14 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Office administrative and support services · Hove · since 2010
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Manufacture of outerwear · Brussel · since 1975
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Retail sale of automotive fuel · Charleroi · since 1988
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Vervaardiging van fietsen en invalidenwagens · since 1980
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Detailhandel in tabaksproducten · since 1991
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since 1994
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Activities of holding companies · Mechelen · since 2017
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Name of an establishment of Rocket · Full-service restaurants · Mechelen · since 2017
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General electrical installation work · since 2022
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Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2023
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Nursing and midwifery · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2025
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since 2009
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · since 1993
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2011
Names that resemble it 45 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Tessenderlo-Ham · since 2020
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Retail sale of other cultural and recreation goods · Oostende · since 2021
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Other information service activities · since 2008
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Other personal services · since 2023
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Verhuur en lease van televisietoestellen en andere audio- en videoapparatuur · since 2007
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Name of an establishment of Horeca Continental · Full-service restaurants · Oostende · since 1986
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Detailhandel in andere motorvoertuigen (> 3,5 ton) · Liège · since 1990
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Real estate agency activities · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 1990
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Wholesale of non-electrical household articles · Liège · since 1998
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Other education · since 2018
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Computer programming · Halle · since 2019
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Other specialised construction activities · Zaventem · since 2021
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Business and other management consultancy · Waregem · since 2021
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Eeklo · since 2023
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Logistics services · Maldegem · since 2011
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since 2012
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since 1971
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Washing and cleaning of motor vehicles · since 2025
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Name of an establishment of TRADECOWALL · Andere afvalverwijdering · Fernelmont · since 1991
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since 2017
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Baelen · since 2005
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Construction of utility projects for electricity and telecommunications · since 2008
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Den Hout · since 1977
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Business and other management consultancy · Deinze · since 1995
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Name of an establishment of ZAKENKANTOOR MARTENS · Insurance agents and brokers · Lanaken · since 2000
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Retail sale of watches and jewellery · Aalst · since 2001
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Oudergem · since 2016
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Activiteiten van slachthuizen · Gent · since 2019
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Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · since 1988
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2021
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Pelt · since 2022
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General construction of residential buildings · Genk · since 2022
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Plumbing work · Antwerpen · since 2009
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General construction of residential buildings · Maarkedal · since 2012
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Elsene · since 2004
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Real estate agency activities · since 2007
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Productie van televisiefilms · Gent · since 2024
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Activities of head offices · Veurne · since 2024
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Activities of holding companies · Tienen · since 2024
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Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · Elsene · since 2025
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Business and other management consultancy · Elsene · since 2025
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since 2003
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Painting of buildings · since 2020
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Oostende · since 1986
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Hoogstraten · since 1971