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.
“MAXTO”
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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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Brugge · since 2020
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Activities of holding companies · Antwerpen · since 2020
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Business and other management consultancy · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2011
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Other business support services · since 2023
Names that resemble it 44 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Full-service restaurants · Verviers · since 1999
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Name of an establishment of ACOUSTIQ · Insulation installation · Wommelgem · since 2016
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Real estate agency activities · Puurs-Sint-Amands · since 2020
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Activities of holding companies · Deinze · since 2022
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Freight transport by road · Roeselare · since 2022
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General construction of residential buildings · Gent · since 2024
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Activities of holding companies · Heusden-Zolder · since 2025
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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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Roofing work · Asse · since 2022
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Driving schools for cars and motorcycles · Mouscron · since 1994
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Bouw van civieltechnische werken voor vloeistoffen, n.e.g. · since 1988
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Aalter · since 2020
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Dilbeek · since 2011
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Groothandel in motorfietsen, delen en toebehoren van motorfietsen · Brussel · since 2011
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Support activities for crop production · since 2026
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Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · Tienen · since 2026
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Antwerpen · since 1981
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Oostende · since 1990