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.
“MARTJAN”
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 · Alken · since 2011
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Activities of holding companies · Ganshoren · since 1990
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Duffel · since 2001
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Non-specialised wholesale trade · Arendonk · since 2010
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2011
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Vervaardiging van ander technisch en industrieel textiel · since 2004
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Dental practice · Tienen · since 2004
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Erpe-Mere · since 2004
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Medical imaging and medical laboratories · Grimbergen · since 2002
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Other specialised construction activities · Geetbets · since 2006
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Kluisbergen · since 2023
Names that resemble it 48 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Painting of buildings · since 2001
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Other construction installation · Lierde · since 1984
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Hasselt · since 1998
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Tourist information services · since 2014
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Veterinary services · since 1992
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Other software publishing · since 2019
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 1987
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Vervaardiging van spellen en speelgoed · since 2013
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since 2020
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Real estate agency activities · since 2007
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Maasmechelen · since 1993
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Literary creation · since 2016
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Plastering work · Heusden-Zolder · since 2017
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Name of an establishment of Lijstjestijd · Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Sint-Niklaas · since 2019
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Finishing of textiles · since 2020
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Literary creation · since 2022
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2009
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Knokke-Heist · since 2024
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General electrical installation work · since 2024
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since 2025
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Joinery installation · since 2009
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · since 2005
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Activities of building architects · since 1978
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · since 2017
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2019
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Performing arts by artistic ensembles · since 2023
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Wuustwezel · since 1981
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Detailhandel in herenbovenkleding · Sint-Niklaas · since 1983
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Maarkedal · since 1988
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Antwerpen · since 1993
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Tongeren-Borgloon · since 1993
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Activities of bailiffs · Berlare · since 1999
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Business and other management consultancy · Affligem · since 2013
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Design and construction of stages and sets · since 2017
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Wervik · since 2018
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Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · since 1993
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Other education · since 1996
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Development of residential building projects · Oudsbergen · since 2019
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Agents and brokers in banking services · Balen · since 2020
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Retail sale of other cultural and recreation goods · Oostende · since 2021
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Ukkel · since 2021
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Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2022
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Hairdressing and barber services · Kortemark · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of Jan VERCAMMEN · Business and other management consultancy · Geel · since 2004
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Wevelgem · since 2004
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Mechelen · since 2025
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Activities of holding companies · Ranst · since 2016
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since 2017