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.
“MAVENCE”
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
6 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Employment placement agencies · Brussel · since 2018
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Activities of lawyers · Charleroi · since 1988
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Full-service restaurants · Amay · since 1996
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Retail sale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, excluding motor fuels · since 2024
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Activities of lawyers · Waasmunster · since 2023
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Employment placement agencies · Brussel · since 2023
Names that resemble it 20 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Agents in the wholesale of furniture, household goods and hardware · Keerbergen · since 2018
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Business and other management consultancy · Destelbergen · since 2007
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Wilmington, Delaware · since 2018
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Oud-Turnhout · since 2026
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Growing of vegetables, melons, roots and tubers · Sint-Katelijne-Waver · since 1990
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Retail sale of antiques · Ukkel · since 1991
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Brecht · since 1996
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Other amusement and recreation activities · since 2020
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Activities of lawyers · Roeselare · since 2021
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Computer programming · since 2025
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Mechelen · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · Oud-Turnhout · since 2011
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Computer programming · Antwerpen · since 2001
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Name of an establishment of 't Bufèt · Vermogensbeheer · Maaseik · since 2017
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Graphic design and visual communication · Mechelen · since 2023
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Wommelgem · since 2023
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Wholesale of wines and spirits · Roeselare · since 2007
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2023
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Knokke-Heist · since 2026
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Activities of holding companies · Laarne · since 2026