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.
“MAYDA”
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
10 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Computer programming · Vilvoorde · since 2021
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Name of an establishment of CAPRETTO · Retail sale of footwear · Zottegem · since 1979
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Plumbing work · Wavre · since 2001
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Kortrijk · since 2017
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Other building finishing work
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Other amusement and recreation activities · since 2026
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Brugge · since 2026
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · Antwerpen · since 2023
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Elsene · since 1995
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Detailhandel in boeken · Schaarbeek · since 2023
Names that resemble it 11 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Compositie van muziek · Anderlecht · since 2025
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Kortrijk · since 1994
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Hairdressing and barber services · Gent · since 2018
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Retail sale of prescription glasses, lenses and sunglasses · Dour · since 2025
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Activities of holding companies · Antwerpen · since 2019
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Abbreviation of MADE A WAY · Vorst · since 2022
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Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · Nazareth-De Pinte · since 2022
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Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · Zaventem · since 2023
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Other business support services · Wervik · since 2023
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Retail sale of women's outerwear · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2020
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Gent · since 2005