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.
“MARU”
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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Retail sale of antiques · Antwerpen · since 1977
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Varkensvetmesterijen · Lo-Reninge · since 2014
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Business and other management consultancy · Wemmel · since 2019
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Abbreviation of Management Rudi · Activities of holding companies · Tessenderlo-Ham · since 2022
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Landscape service activities · Niel · since 2022
Names that resemble it 53 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Zottegem · since 2010
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Name of an establishment of BIEBAUW BART · Event catering · Oostkamp · since 2012
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Business and other management consultancy · Asse · since 2007
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Full-service restaurants · Oostkamp · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of VIA DEL SUD · Literary creation · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 2025
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Abbreviation of Montage Industrieller Anlagen Apparate und Rohrleitungsbau · Saarbrücken · since 1968
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Dental practice · Verviers · since 1989
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Wholesale of other food products · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 1992
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Abbreviation of MOVIMENTO DE ACCAO E REFLEXAO · since 1998
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Other construction installation · Harelbeke · since 2000
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Antwerpen · since 2012
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Berlaar · since 2015
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Wallpapering and laying of floor and wall coverings in other materials · Schaarbeek · since 2015
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Other business support services · Lanaken · since 2015
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Abbreviation of Management Architecture et Ressourcement · Urban planning and landscape architecture · Linkebeek · since 2016
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Activities of head offices · Bonheiden · since 2017
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Wholesale of diamonds and other precious stones · Antwerpen · since 2018
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Abbreviation of MAISON DE L’AGRICULTURE ET DE LA RURALITE · Other business support services · Gembloux · since 2018
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Vermogensbeheer · Lasne · since 2016
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Groothandel in vis en schaal- en weekdieren · Schaarbeek · since 2021
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Overijse · since 2022
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Service activities incidental to land transportation · Pittem · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2023
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Malaga · since 2008
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Event catering · Wuustwezel · since 2009
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2011
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Abbreviation of MAROBEL · Antwerpen · since 2012
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Groothandel in weefsels, stoffen en fournituren · since 1966
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Herk-de-Stad · since 2025
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2025
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Name of an establishment of SEMU · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Houthalen-Helchteren · since 2009
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Retail sale of other cultural and recreation goods · Knokke-Heist · since 2004
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Other business support services · Hove · since 2008
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Londerzeel · since 2025
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · Knokke-Heist · since 1985
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Hasselt · since 1998
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Name of an establishment · Wholesale of clothing, excluding workwear and underwear · Hamont-Achel · since 2000
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Business and other management consultancy · Diest · since 2015
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Activities of holding companies · Staden · since 2015
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Full-service restaurants · Laakdal · since 2020
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Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 2020
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Market research and public opinion polling · Bertem · since 2023
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Antwerpen · since 2008
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Other specialised construction activities · Braine-l'Alleud · since 2006
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Exploitatie van snooker- en biljartzalen · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of MARE MAS · Other professional, scientific and technical activities · Oostende · since 2024
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Name of an establishment · Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2024
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Activities of lawyers · Antwerpen · since 2024
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Other postal and courier activities · since 2025
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Name of an establishment · Office administrative and support services · Herselt · since 2026
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Retail sale of beverages, general range · since 2026
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Hasselt · since 2026
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Brugge · since 1968