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.
“MAVO”
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.
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Real estate agency activities · Brussel · since 1968
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2024
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General construction of residential buildings · Schaarbeek · since 2015
Names that resemble it 54 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Wholesale of industrial chemicals · Kontich · since 1948
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Pelt · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · Wuustwezel · since 2004
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Abbreviation of CARROSSERIE MECANIQUE M.A.V. · Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Evere · since 1990
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Specialist medical practice · Zottegem · since 2013
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Abbreviation of Maison des Associations et du Volontariat de la Province de Luxembourg · Other social work without accommodation · Bastogne · since 2020
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Abbreviation of Meerhoutse Atletiekvereniging · Activiteiten van atletiekclubs · Meerhout · since 2021
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Abbreviation of Meilleur Acheteur Voiture · Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Dilbeek · since 2022
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Charleroi · since 2022
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Abbreviation of MACHA ALLAH VIANDES · Wholesale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Anderlecht · since 2010
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Activities of holding companies · Jabbeke · since 2024
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Duffel · since 2024
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Podiatry and foot care · since 2025
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Antwerpen · since 1988
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Freight transport by road · Dentergem · since 1989
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Other specialised construction activities · Houthalen-Helchteren · since 2021
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Activities of holding companies · Eeklo · since 2024
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Retail sale of bicycles · Brussel · since 2026
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Abbreviation of Maatschappij voor Aankoop en Verkoop van Immobiliën · Nieuwpoort · since 1972
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General construction of residential buildings · Essen · since 1985
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Property management for co-owned buildings (syndics) · Tielt · since 1988
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Growing of vegetables, melons, roots and tubers · Sint-Katelijne-Waver · since 1990
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Ukkel · since 1991
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Brecht · since 1996
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Rixensart · since 1996
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Detailhandel in lederwaren en reisartikelen · Beernem · since 2012
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Business and other management consultancy · Grimbergen · since 2015
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Contract catering and other food service activities · Brugge · since 2015
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Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · since 2025
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Vermogensbeheer · Heers · since 2019
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Other amusement and recreation activities · since 2020
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Holiday cottages, homes and apartments · Zonnebeke · since 2020
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Other specialised construction activities · Halle · since 2021
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Activities of lawyers · Roeselare · since 2021
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Urban planning and landscape architecture · since 2022
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Zonhoven · since 2022
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Nursing and midwifery · Zonhoven · since 2022
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2023
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General cleaning of buildings · Sint-Truiden · since 2012
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Abbreviation of MEDIA ART VISION TODAY · Performing arts by artistic ensembles · Brugge · since 2006
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Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · since 2025
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Detailhandel in kledingaccessoires · Balen · since 2008
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Lommel · since 2023
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Computer programming · since 2025
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · Brasschaat · since 2025
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Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · since 2025
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Support activities for crop production · Assenede · since 2025
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Mixed farming · Koekelare · since 2025
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Landscape service activities · Grez-Doiceau · since 2025
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Real estate appraisal on a fee or contract basis · Genk · since 2026
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Day spas, saunas and steam baths · since 2026
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Freight transport by road · Ravels · since 2021
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Abbreviation of Samenwerkende Maatschappij voor aan-en verkoop van Immobiliën · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 1968
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Full-service restaurants · Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 2018