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.
“MAX”
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
38 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Real estate agency activities · Heusden-Zolder · since 1980
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Elsene · since 1988
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Gent · since 1993
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Full-service restaurants · Liège · since 1996
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Aiseau-Presles · since 1998
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Name of an establishment of YVES VAN MALDEGHEM · Full-service restaurants · Oostende · since 1999
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Roofing work · Gavere · since 2000
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Pre-press and pre-media services · since 2003
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Retail sale of women's outerwear
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Name of an establishment of FANNY · Other non-specialised retail sale · Lebbeke · since 2016
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 1994
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Retail sale of wines and spirits · Ninove · since 2017
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Retail sale of pets, pet food and pet supplies · since 1999
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Agents in the wholesale of textiles, clothing, fur, footwear and leather goods · Wevelgem · since 2018
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Advertising agencies · since 1992
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Kortrijk · since 2013
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Pet care services, excluding veterinary services · since 1992
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Other support activities for arts and performing arts · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2021
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2026
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Abbreviation of MAXIMUS · Saint-Nicolas · since 2021
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Activities of holding companies · Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 2022
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Full-service restaurants · Gent · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of PANA MANAGEMENT · Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Knokke-Heist · since 2023
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since 1995
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 2008
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Other business support services · since 2024
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Kapellen · since 2026
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Antwerpen · since 1981
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Wholesale of other household goods · Antwerpen · since 1993
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Other business support services · Oosterzele · since 2024
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Other building finishing work · Zoersel · since 2013
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Washing and cleaning of motor vehicles · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Agatha-Berchem · since 2008
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Verhuur en lease van vrachtwagens · since 2016
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Name of an establishment · Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2010
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Plumbing work · Tessenderlo-Ham · since 2007
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Joinery installation · Kraainem · since 2024
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · Antwerpen · since 2024
Names that resemble it 27 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Name of an establishment of JoKe · Advertising agencies · Putte · since 2018
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Groothandel in spijsoliën en -vetten · Kortrijk · since 2021
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Employment placement agencies · Wavre · since 2021
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Name of an establishment of MARMAXEMI · Activities of holding companies · Andenne · since 2003
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Full-service restaurants · Ath · since 2004
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Activities of holding companies · Brasschaat · since 2023
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Bricklaying and masonry work · since 2024
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Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · since 2025
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Name of an establishment · Patiëntenvervoer per ambulance · Lokeren · since 1997
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Name of an establishment · Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Schilde · since 1997
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Other business support services · Genappe · since 2001
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2014
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Abbreviation of Market Access eXperience and Solutions · Business and other management consultancy · Ternat · since 2016
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Buggenhout · since 2017
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Activities of holding companies · Oostende · since 2019
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Activities of head offices · Gent · since 2019
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Wuustwezel · since 2020
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Wholesale of information and communication equipment · since 1996
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Other business support services · Hove · since 2022
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General construction of residential buildings · Ninove · since 2022
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Name of an establishment of MAXX-food · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Herentals · since 2011
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Business and other management consultancy · Zottegem · since 2024
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Antwerpen · since 2024
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Bemiddelingsactiviteiten in verband met zakelijke dienstverlening, n.e.g. · Oostkamp · since 2025
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Tienen · since 2026
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Gent · since 1948
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Discotheken, dancings en dergelijke · Halle · since 2017