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.
“MATALEX”
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
17 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Full-service restaurants · Anderlecht · since 2016
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Waterloo · since 2010
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Activities of holding companies · Niel · since 2011
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Brussel · since 1989
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Uitgeven van kranten · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 1991
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Name of an establishment of MARALEX Comm.V. · Business and other management consultancy · Zwevegem · since 2014
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Development of residential building projects · Geel · since 2015
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Insurance agents and brokers · Brasschaat · since 2020
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Activities of lawyers · Zwevegem · since 2021
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Activities of holding companies · Zonhoven · since 2022
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Name of MARALEX RETAIL · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Waasmunster · since 2022
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Machining of metals · Frameries · since 2005
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Business and other management consultancy · Nazareth-De Pinte · since 2025
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Cafés and bars · Quévy · since 2025
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Machining of metals · since 2026
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Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2026
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General construction of residential buildings · Liège · since 2017
Names that resemble it 42 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Aalst · since 1983
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Vervaardiging van overige machines en apparaten voor algemeen gebruik, n.e.g. · Charleroi · since 1987
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Business and other management consultancy · Arendonk · since 2001
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2021
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Oostkamp · since 2007
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Business and other management consultancy · Lanaken · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of RINOVO · Development of residential building projects · Namur · since 2010
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Sports and recreation education · since 2026
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Risk and damage evaluation · Kortenberg · since 1992
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Cafés and bars · since 2015
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Business and other management consultancy · Rixensart · since 2022
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Specialist medical practice · Houthalen-Helchteren · since 2024
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Retail sale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, excluding motor fuels · Halle · since 2024
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Photography, excluding press photography · Boom · since 2016
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Cafés and bars · since 2018
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Uitgeverijen van muziekopnamen · Anderlecht · since 2005
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Activiteiten van bejaardenzorg aan huis, muv (thuis)verpleging · since 2026
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Support activities for crop production · since 2010
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Repair and maintenance of machinery · since 2024
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Activities of independent sportspeople · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of BV Maes Alex · Painting of buildings · Mol · since 1999
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Activities of holding companies · Schilde · since 2015
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Grâce-Hollogne · since 2016
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Full-service restaurants · Halle · since 2020
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General construction of residential buildings · Genappe · since 2022
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since 2010
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Retail sale of other household articles · since 1977
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Activities of holding companies · Blégny · since 2005
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Vervaardiging van parfums en toiletartikelen · Antwerpen · since 2025
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Groothandel in machines voor de mijnbouw, de bouwnijverheid en de weg- en waterbouw · Waterloo · since 1972
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Mixed farming · Poperinge · since 2003
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Plumbing work · since 2023
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Landscape service activities · since 2018
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Vermogensbeheer · Ranst · since 2014
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Name of an establishment · Vermogensbeheer · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2019
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Hasselt · since 2021
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Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · since 2008
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Activities of holding companies · Waasmunster · since 2004
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Anderlecht · since 2024
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Ukkel · since 2002
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Ukkel · since 1985
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Full-service restaurants · Oudergem · since 2001