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.
“MClaeys”
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
20 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Repair and maintenance of machinery · Lennik · since 2025
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Vermogensbeheer · Aalst · since 2008
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Manufacture of dining room, living room, bedroom and bathroom furniture · Pittem · since 1967
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Name of an establishment of VERCLA · Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · Lochristi · since 1997
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Risk and damage evaluation · Dilbeek · since 1998
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Geraardsbergen · since 1999
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Wholesale of live animals · Zonnebeke · since 2002
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Detailhandel in onderkleding, lingerie en strand- en badkleding · since 1970
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2026
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · since 1999
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 1992
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Mixed farming · since 1989
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · since 2017
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Vermogensbeheer · Gent · since 2009
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Sawmilling and planing of wood · Hasselt · since 2009
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Landscape service activities · Herent · since 2011
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Freight transport by road · Lievegem · since 2006
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Varkensvetmesterijen · Aalter · since 2007
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Assenede · since 1998
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Damme · since 2022
Names that resemble it 12 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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General construction of other non-residential buildings · since 2015
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Joinery installation · since 2019
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Joinery installation · since 2021
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Name of an establishment of GEASSOCIEERD NOTARIS MARC CLAEYS · Activities of notaries · Gent · since 2003
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Wholesale of other household goods · Oostkamp · since 2005
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Physiotherapy · since 2024
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Media representation · since 2022
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Gieten van ijzer · Zedelgem · since 1953
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Mixed farming · Langemark-Poelkapelle · since 1991
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Abbreviation of Advocatenkantoor Michael Cox · Activities of lawyers · Hasselt · since 2017
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Tourist information services · since 2018
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Vervaardiging van gedistilleerde dranken door distilleren, rectificeren en mengen · since 2025