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.
“MATTAEL”
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
4 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Schaarbeek · since 2013
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Dreieich · since 1994
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Business and other management consultancy · Destelbergen · since 2015
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Office administrative and support services · Lummen · since 2015
Names that resemble it 27 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Cafés and bars · Brussel · since 2019
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Ukkel · since 2018
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Ukkel · since 2018
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Sint-Agatha-Berchem · since 2012
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Activities of holding companies · Ukkel · since 2025
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Other software publishing · since 2003
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Deinze · since 2020
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Groothandel in aanhangwagens, opleggers en caravans · since 2018
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Abbreviation of MATT FOOD · Full-service restaurants · Sint-Niklaas · since 2021
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Painting of buildings · since 2021
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Post-production of films, video and television programmes · Zwevegem · since 2022
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Development of residential building projects · Antwerpen · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Lo-Reninge · since 2012
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Vervoer via pijpleidingen · Quiévrain · since 2025
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Leuven · since 1991
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Full-service restaurants · Blankenberge · since 2017
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Activities of holding companies · Heusden-Zolder · since 2018
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Business and other management consultancy · Hasselt · since 2021
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Business and other management consultancy · Lier · since 2022
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Activities of holding companies · Blankenberge · since 2022
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Name of an establishment of van den Boogert · Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2008
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Web portal activities · since 2020
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Nutrition and dietetics services · De Panne · since 2023
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Full-service restaurants · Turnhout · since 2024
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Abbreviation of Le Monde À Travers Tes Yeux · Other education · Beloeil · since 2025
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Construction of utility projects for electricity and telecommunications · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2020
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Retail sale of flowers, plants, seeds and fertilisers · since 2017