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.
“Macharis Security”
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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Deinze · since 2015
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General electrical installation work · Heusden-Zolder · since 2011
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Business and other management consultancy · Dendermonde · since 2021
Names that resemble it 26 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Investigation and private security services · Machelen (Brab.) · since 1907
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Investigation and private security services · Mons · since 2019
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Name of an establishment of GST Technology · General electrical installation work · Nazareth-De Pinte · since 2017
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General electrical installation work · Fernelmont · since 2013
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General electrical installation work · since 2016
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Name of an establishment of Zedesse International Service · Retail sale of electrical household appliances · Seraing · since 2008
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Investigation and private security services · Machelen (Brab.) · since 2025
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since 1983
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Investigation and private security services · Lummen · since 2014
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Name of an establishment of MATTMATT · Wholesale of other machinery and equipment · Izegem · since 2014
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Electrical installation work in industrial facilities · Esneux · since 2009
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Investigation and private security services · Antwerpen · since 2006
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Investigation and private security services · Brussel · since 2025
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General electrical installation work · since 2018
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2005
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General electrical installation work · Schelle · since 2024
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Kapellen · since 2026
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General electrical installation work · Aalst · since 2026
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General electrical installation work · Sint-Pieters-Leeuw · since 2021
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Beveiligingsactiviteiten, n.e.g. · Genappe · since 2023
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General electrical installation work · Dendermonde · since 2023
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Development of residential building projects · Mons · since 2011
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General electrical installation work · since 2013
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Investigation and private security services · since 2006
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Investigation and private security services · Anderlecht · since 2025
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Investigation and private security services · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2010