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.
“Macerti”
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
2 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Painting of buildings · Zottegem · since 2022
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Abbreviation of MACHINE & ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE · Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 2020
Names that resemble it 17 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Groothandel in machines, werktuigen en toebehoren voor de landbouw · since 2024
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Computer programming · Boechout · since 1997
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Construction of roads and motorways · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2021
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Event catering · Tienen · since 2021
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Enschede · since 2022
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Activities of holding companies · Edegem · since 2007
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Business and other management consultancy · Elsene · since 2024
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Maastricht · since 1980
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Elsene · since 1983
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Other education · since 1996
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Arnhem · since 2020
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2022
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Full-service restaurants · Oostkamp · since 2009
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Name of an establishment of MARECHAL · Real estate agency activities · Gent · since 2005
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Event catering · Middelkerke · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Lommel · since 2024
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Other software publishing · Gent · since 2026