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.
“Machako”
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
3 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Genesius-Rode · since 2025
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Design of textile patterns, clothing, jewellery, furniture and decorative items · since 2025
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Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1988
Names that resemble it 39 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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STRASSEN · since 2012
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Gent · since 2025
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Other amusement and recreation activities · since 2026
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Zandhoven · since 2019
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General construction of residential buildings · Gent · since 2023
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Cafés and bars · Antwerpen · since 2026
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Wholesale of other machinery and equipment · Antwerpen · since 1983
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Name of an establishment of ELLA 88 · Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Rijkevorsel · since 1994
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Repair and maintenance of furniture and upholstery · since 1996
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Cafés and bars · Waterloo · since 2015
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Wholesale of other machinery and equipment · Antwerpen · since 2011
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Day spas, saunas and steam baths · since 2008
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Development of residential building projects · Roeselare · since 2024
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Plumbing work · Sint-Agatha-Berchem · since 2002
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Repair and maintenance of machinery · Lommel · since 2018
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Business and other management consultancy · Dendermonde · since 2021
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Activities of holding companies · Rumst · since 2022
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Name of an establishment of @OLHEIS@ DAUBRESSE EN CO · Detailhandel in breigarens, handwerken en fournituren · Oudergem · since 1998
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Name of an establishment of NYC ET NYAC · Retail sale of footwear · Herstal · since 2000
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Other business support services · Lochristi · since 2014
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since 1990
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Retail sale of footwear
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since 1984
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Retail sale of footwear
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Other business support services · since 2023
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Retail sale of footwear · since 1996
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Detailhandel in onderkleding, lingerie en strand- en badkleding · since 1986
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Computer programming · since 2021
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since 2021
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · since 2021
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Other membership organisations · Gent · since 2021
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Activities of holding companies · Saint-Ghislain · since 2022
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Abbreviation of MaChT vzw · Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Gent · since 2023
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since 1995
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Activities of holding companies · Brussel · since 2007
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Kalmthout · since 2025
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Other software publishing · Kontich · since 2025
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Full-service restaurants · Waterloo · since 2018