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Compared with the KBO register · free

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.

“MATKO”

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

3 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • MATKO same name
    Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Boechout · since 2005
  • MatKot very similar
    Abbreviation of MatKot OLV Ter Heide Waasmunster · Other membership organisations · Waasmunster · since 2025
  • MATIKO very similar
    Activities of holding companies · Dilbeek · since 2014
Names that resemble it 19 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • MATKOPEN similar
    Joinery installation · Brussel · since 1993
  • MATKEV similar
    Other construction installation · Mechelen · since 2015
  • Retail sale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, excluding motor fuels · since 2022
  • MATKAT similar
    Other business support services · Brasschaat · since 2006
  • M.A.T. similar
    Abbreviation of Maisons-Appartements-Travaux Louis Mathys · Oudergem · since 1968
  • M.A.T. similar
    Abbreviation of Mountaineering Adventure Team · Tienen · since 1993
  • M.A.T. similar
    Abbreviation of Mobile Advanced Technology · Vervaardiging van communicatieapparatuur · Wavre · since 2000
  • MAT similar
    Full-service restaurants · Zaventem · since 2014
  • MAT similar
    Abbreviation of M GROUP · Electrical installation work in industrial facilities · La Bruyère · since 2014
  • Performing arts by independent artists · since 2017
  • MAT similar
    Abbreviation of MY AMOR TRANSPORT · Freight transport by road · Courcelles · since 2019
  • MAT similar
    Name of an establishment of MAKATIK · Freight transport by road · since 2021
  • Vervaardiging van verlichtingsapparaten · since 2011
  • MAT similar
    Visual arts creation · Antwerpen · since 2012
  • Retail sale of information and communication equipment · since 1986
  • MAT + similar
    Certified accountants and tax accountants · Walcourt · since 2007
  • ATKO similar
    Retail sale of hardware, building materials, paint and glass (general range) · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 1988
  • Atko similar
    Wholesale of construction materials, general range · Puurs-Sint-Amands · since 2026
  • M.A.T. similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Abbreviation of Matériel Automatique et Thermique · Ukkel · since 1946

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