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.
“Madello”
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
10 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Activities of holding companies · Tienen · since 2024
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Painting of buildings · Brussel · since 2017
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Oostende · since 2009
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Other business support services · Roeselare · since 2015
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Activiteiten van slachthuizen · Gent · since 2019
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Retail sale of household furniture · since 1994
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Agents in the wholesale of textiles, clothing, fur, footwear and leather goods · since 2021
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Graphic design and visual communication · Waregem · since 2022
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Performing arts by independent artists · Brugge · since 2022
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Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · Elsene · since 2025
Names that resemble it 48 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Business and other management consultancy · Liège · since 2017
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · since 2024
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General electrical installation work · Waregem · since 1968
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2007
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Full-service restaurants · since 1994
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Activities of lawyers · Braine-l'Alleud · since 2020
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Business and other management consultancy · Wevelgem · since 2021
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Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 2021
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2004
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · since 2006
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Detailhandel in verf en verfwaren · Wevelgem · since 2007
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 2024
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Abbreviation of Marie Desmet Advocatenkantoor · Activities of lawyers · Harelbeke · since 2024
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Gent · since 1981
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Photography, excluding press photography · Halle · since 2014
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Activities of holding companies · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2015
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Activities of lawyers · Zemst · since 2016
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Insulation installation · since 2018
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Business and other management consultancy · Bierbeek · since 2019
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Computer programming · Mechelen · since 2021
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Activities of holding companies · Brugge · since 2009
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Abbreviation of Maintenance Automation Development Europe · General electrical installation work · Sint-Lievens-Houtem · since 2005
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Abbreviation of Mutuelle des Alternatives d'Auto-Développement · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 2007
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Other business support services · Etterbeek · since 2024
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Business and other management consultancy · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2024
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Other education · since 2024
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · since 2025
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General construction of residential buildings · Kuurne · since 2026
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since 1993
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Podiatry and foot care · Geel · since 1999
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Pre-press and pre-media services · since 2014
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Name of an establishment of CORNELISSEN + ALBERT · Bouw van bruggen en tunnels · Hulshout · since 1988
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Activities of holding companies · Mechelen · since 2017
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Name of an establishment of BRM IMMO · Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Waremme · since 2017
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Socio-cultural adult education · since 2017
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Name of an establishment of Rocket · Full-service restaurants · Mechelen · since 2017
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Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · since 2018
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Name of an establishment of BIJ MADELIEF · Agents in the wholesale of textiles, clothing, fur, footwear and leather goods · Bocholt · since 2021
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Literary creation · since 2023
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Socio-cultural adult education · since 2008
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Office administrative and support services · Hove · since 2010
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Name of an establishment of Dienst Onthaalouders Oudenaarde Junior · Kinderopvang door onthaalouders · Oudenaarde · since 2004
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Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2023
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Hotels and similar accommodation · Opwijk · since 2024
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Dental practice · Leuven · since 2024
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Vervaardiging van overige kleding en toebehoren, n.e.g. · since 2024
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Other amusement and recreation activities · Antwerpen · since 2025
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Merelbeke-Melle · since 2025