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.
“Maak.”
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
9 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Advertising agencies · since 2013
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Physiotherapy · since 2020
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Activities of holding companies · Hasselt · since 2022
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Urban planning and landscape architecture · since 2013
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Office administrative and support services · since 2007
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Joinery installation · Wielsbeke · since 2025
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Name of an establishment of INTESA · Instellingen met huisvesting voor volwassenen met een mentale handicap · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 1979
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2020
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Other printing · since 2024
Names that resemble it 53 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Graphic design and visual communication · Boom · since 2003
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2016
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Antwerpen · since 2026
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General construction of residential buildings · Beringen · since 2003
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Freight transport by road · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2015
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Gent · since 2016
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Abbreviation of M&A ASSOCIATION · Elsene · since 2017
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Floor and wall tiling · Beringen · since 2018
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Abbreviation of Akhanda Ma · Silly · since 2019
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Antwerpen · since 2020
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Pre-press and pre-media services · since 2009
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Kraainem · since 2012
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Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2020
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Name of an establishment of MAAS BEVEILIGINGSTECHNIEK · General electrical installation work · Turnhout · since 1983
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Abbreviation of MANIFESTATIONS ARTISTIQUES, ARTISANALES ET SOCIALES · Vilvoorde · since 1986
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Oud-Turnhout · since 1988
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Machelen (Brab.) · since 1991
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Abbreviation of MAIL ADVICE AND SERVICES · Other business support services · Kinrooi · since 1999
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Other business support services · Genappe · since 2001
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Mechelen · since 2002
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Activities of interior architects · Gavere · since 2002
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Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · Schaarbeek · since 2003
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Fitness centres · Brussel · since 2013
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Freight transport by road · Kortemark · since 2012
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Verviers · since 2014
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Tattoo and piercing services · since 2016
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Advertising agencies · Mechelen · since 2016
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Antwerpen · since 2016
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Geraardsbergen · since 2017
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Name of an establishment · Vermogensbeheer · Lanaken · since 2014
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Name of an establishment · Vermogensbeheer · Waregem · since 2014
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Other business support services · Kortenberg · since 2019
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Joinery installation · since 2023
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Design of textile patterns, clothing, jewellery, furniture and decorative items · Lint · since 2020
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Antwerpen · since 2022
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Graphic design and visual communication · Ukkel · since 2022
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Name of an establishment · Business and other management consultancy · Mechelen · since 2022
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · since 2023
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Aalter · since 2023
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Activities of holding companies · Houthalen-Helchteren · since 2009
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Namur · since 2011
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Wholesale of other machinery and equipment · since 1969
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Full-service restaurants · since 1984
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Agents in the wholesale of textiles, clothing, fur, footwear and leather goods · Beernem · since 2003
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Abbreviation of MOdern African Anglophon Culture · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2004
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Eghezée · since 2024
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Business and other management consultancy · Aalst · since 2024
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Name of an establishment · Renting and leasing of cars and light motor vehicles · Antwerpen · since 2024
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Sint-Pieters-Leeuw · since 2024
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Other professional, scientific and technical activities · Lokeren · since 2025
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Antwerpen · since 2025
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Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Gent · since 2026
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Joinery installation · since 2026