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.
“MATTER”
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
18 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Name of an establishment of GICOM · Uitgeven van kranten · Kontich · since 1983
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Other specialised construction activities · Herenthout · since 2024
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Abbreviation of MATTERS COLLECTIVE · Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2008
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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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Other business support services · since 2026
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Other software publishing · Gent · since 2025
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Dreieich · since 1994
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Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Alken · since 2015
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Business and other management consultancy · Destelbergen · since 2015
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Name of an establishment of MATTHIAS PERSYN · General electrical installation work · Ichtegem · since 2008
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2024
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Trade name of MTTR · Advertising agencies · Brasschaat · since 2026
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Lille · since 2019
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Other business support services · Brugge · since 2023
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Other specialised design activities · since 2025
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Full-service restaurants · Tournai · since 2020
Names that resemble it 39 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Retail sale of household furniture · Antwerpen · since 2015
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General electrical installation work · since 2024
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Name of an establishment of VERSO-CAFé · Cafés and bars · Antwerpen · since 1988
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2013
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Full-service restaurants · since 2009
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Activities of head offices · Mol · since 2013
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Activities of holding companies · Antwerpen · since 2017
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Other business support services · since 2020
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since 2021
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Abbreviation of MATT FOOD · Full-service restaurants · Sint-Niklaas · since 2021
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Machining of metals · since 2021
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Painting of buildings · since 2021
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Other research and development on natural sciences · Leuven · since 2021
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Post-production of films, video and television programmes · Zwevegem · since 2022
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General construction of residential buildings · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2009
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Mechelen · since 2024
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2024
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Joinery installation · Roeselare · since 2024
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Groothandel in overig textiel · MIDDLETON · since 2026
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Translation services · since 2001
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Other business support services · since 2009
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 1992
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Full-service restaurants · since 1983
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Machining of metals · Diksmuide · since 1998
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Mechelen · since 2017
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Other information service activities · Leuven · since 2017
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Temporary employment agencies and other provision of personnel · Stabroek · since 2018
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Kuurne · since 2020
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Business and other management consultancy · Niel · since 2023
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since 2008
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Computer programming · Oosterzele · since 2024
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General construction of residential buildings · Dilbeek · since 2024
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Nursing and midwifery · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2025
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Name of an establishment · Activities of holding companies · Heusden-Zolder · since 2018
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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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Other specialised construction activities · since 2020
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Name of an establishment of BERGE BLANC · Real estate agency activities · Mortsel · since 2020
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Retail sale of flowers, plants, seeds and fertilisers · since 2017