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.
“MATERIALISE”
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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Manufacture of medical and dental instruments and supplies · Leuven · since 1990
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Agents in the wholesale of timber and building materials · Charleroi · since 2017
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Waterloo · since 1990
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Vervaardiging van meet-, controle- en navigatie-instrumenten en -apparatuur · Beringen · since 2014
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Visual arts creation · since 2011
Names that resemble it 24 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Trade name of L.M.G. · Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2023
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Roofing work · since 2005
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Risk and damage evaluation · Kortenberg · since 1992
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Abbreviation of Société Luxembourgeoise pour le Commerce des Matériaux de Construction SA · Luxembourg · since 1972
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Retail sale of hardware, building materials, paint and glass (general range) · Liège · since 1999
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Groothandel in overige bouwmaterialen · Gent · since 2023
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Verhuur en lease van kantoormachines, inclusief computers · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2025
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Roeselare · since 2010
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Advertising agencies · since 2016
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Name of an establishment of ANSER · Wholesale of construction materials, general range · Sint-Pieters-Leeuw · since 1985
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Other research and development on natural sciences · Leuven · since 2021
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Other building finishing work · Brussel · since 2019
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Wholesale of construction materials, general range · Le Roeulx · since 2024
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Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 2021
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Retail sale of other second-hand goods, excluding clothing · Roeselare · since 2024
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Business and other management consultancy · Zulte · since 2024
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Other research and development on natural sciences · Mons · since 1999
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Non-specialised wholesale trade · Kapellen · since 1998
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Dzierzoniow · since 2016
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Joinery installation · Essen · since 2024
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Abbreviation of MAISONS ET TERRAINS · Chimay · since 1968
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Design of textile patterns, clothing, jewellery, furniture and decorative items · since 2026
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Activities of holding companies · Oudenaarde · since 2022
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General construction of residential buildings · Nazareth-De Pinte · since 2019