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.
“Machanic”
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
1 registered enterprise with a name easily confused with yours.
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Repair and maintenance of machinery · Lommel · since 2018
Names that resemble it 17 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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STRASSEN · since 2012
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Cafés and bars · Kortrijk · since 2018
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Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 2011
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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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Other business support services · Namur · since 1999
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Agents in the wholesale of industrial machinery, ships and aircraft · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 1968
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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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Repair and maintenance of furniture and upholstery · since 1996
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Cafés and bars · Waterloo · since 2015
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Insulation installation · since 2017
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Development of residential building projects · Roeselare · since 2024
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Vervaardiging van beschuit, biscuit en houdbaar banketbakkerswerk · since 2026