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.
“MATINEE”
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.
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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
7 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Full-service restaurants · Brugge · since 1988
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Name of an establishment of MATINEE BLEUE · Full-service restaurants · Zottegem · since 1996
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Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · since 1993
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Other business support services · Vilvoorde · since 2017
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Veurne · since 2025
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Lint · since 2017
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Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · Brugge · since 2020
Names that resemble it 32 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Logging · Beauraing · since 2002
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Kinderopvang door onthaalouders · since 2008
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Lokeren · since 2017
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Mortsel · since 2019
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Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · Brugge · since 2008
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Freight transport by road · Asse · since 2025
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Oudergem · since 2023
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Vlieg- en vaaronderricht · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2011
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2004
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Namur · since 2006
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Hairdressing and barber services · Tessenderlo-Ham · since 2025
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Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 2026
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Other postal and courier activities · Beernem · since 2016
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Computer programming · Aartselaar · since 2019
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Other sports activities · since 2023
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Dendermonde · since 2023
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Rixensart · since 2024
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Elsene · since 1952
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Aalst · since 1982
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Other printing · Bree · since 2003
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2009
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Business and other management consultancy · Lievegem · since 2019
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Schaarbeek · since 2020
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Verhuur en lease van vaat- en glaswerk, keuken- en tafelgerei, elektrische huishoudapparaten en andere huishoudelijke benodigdheden · Juprelle · since 2021
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Full-service restaurants · Genk · since 2023
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Raising of horses and other equines · Scherpenheuvel-Zichem · since 2009
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Abbreviation of MODELISATION ASSISTANCE TECHNIQUE INFORMATIQUE SCIENTIFIQUE · Neuilly-sur-Seine · since 1994
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Heusden-Zolder · since 2012
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Full-service restaurants · Gent · since 2003
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Gent · since 2024
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News agency activities · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2025
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Advertising agencies · since 2026