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.
“MASKOT”
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
8 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Holiday cottages, homes and apartments · Koksijde · since 2003
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Real estate agency activities · Dilbeek · since 2021
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General construction of residential buildings · Diest · since 2005
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Business and other management consultancy · Leopoldsburg · since 2023
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Agents in the wholesale of timber and building materials · Nijlen · since 2016
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Abbreviation of Management Science Consulting · Business and other management consultancy · Verviers · since 2004
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Business and other management consultancy · Hasselt · since 2023
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Abbreviation of MatKot OLV Ter Heide Waasmunster · Other membership organisations · Waasmunster · since 2025
Names that resemble it 10 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of Monitoren Alpijnse Ski · Mortsel · since 1988
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 1994
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Abbreviation of MARKETING AND SALES CONSULTING · Market research and public opinion polling · Pajottegem · since 2003
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Other retail sale of food · Gent · since 2023
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since 1998
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Wholesale of clothing, excluding workwear and underwear · Mechelen · since 1991
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Etterbeek · since 2016
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Etterbeek · since 2017
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Other information technology and computer services · Antwerpen · since 2023
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Other manufacturing not elsewhere classified · since 2012