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.
“MARYLAND”
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
6 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 1990
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Name of an establishment of MARYLAND LIGHT · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Anderlecht · since 2024
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Full-service restaurants · Zaventem · since 2018
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Mixed farming · Büllingen · since 2009
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Full-service restaurants · since 1996
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Activities of building architects · Kortrijk · since 2023
Names that resemble it 24 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2009
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Hoogstraten · since 1987
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Business and other management consultancy · Brecht · since 2022
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Roeselare · since 2024
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Activities of holding companies · Sint-Niklaas · since 2018
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Vervaardiging van machines voor de landbouw en de bosbouw · Maldegem · since 1969
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2016
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Full-service restaurants · Namur · since 2016
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Name of an establishment of STINVIBO · Business and other management consultancy · Koksijde · since 2019
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Advertising agencies · Geraardsbergen · since 2020
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Other personal services · Wetteren · since 2022
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Detailhandel in glas-, porselein- en aardewerk en in niet-elektrische huishoudelijke artikelen · since 2025
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Activities of head offices · Brasschaat · since 2026
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Manufacture of cocoa, chocolate and sugar confectionery · Ganshoren · since 1982
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Anzegem · since 1989
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Elsene · since 1995
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Cultural education · since 1990
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Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · since 2017
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Dental practice · since 2020
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Hairdressing and barber services · Kampenhout · since 2022
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 2006
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Liège · since 1984
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Havelange · since 1989
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Name of an establishment of KAMENITZA · General cleaning of buildings · Schaarbeek · since 2012