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.
“Machaman”
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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Activities of holding companies · Rumst · since 2022
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Tienen · since 2010
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Repair and maintenance of machinery · Boom · since 2022
Names that resemble it 22 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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Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · since 2005
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2025
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Namur · since 2021
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · since 2009
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Name of an establishment of LA MACHINE AGRICOLE DE NORMANDIE · Groothandel in machines, werktuigen en toebehoren voor de landbouw · Evreux - Eure · since 1990
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Specialist medical practice · Seneffe · since 2023
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Detailhandel in herenbovenkleding · since 2023
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Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1988
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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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Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Genesius-Rode · since 2025
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Cafés and bars · Antwerpen · since 2026
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Plastering work · since 2013
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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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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2016
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Full-service restaurants · since 1971
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since 2026
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Development of residential building projects · Roeselare · since 2024