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.
“Malin, Marc”
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
15 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Painting of buildings · since 2007
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Izegem · since 1983
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · Knokke-Heist · since 1985
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Abbreviation of MANAGEMENT and ACTUARIAL RESEARCH COMPANY · Business and other management consultancy · Wemmel · since 1992
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Groothandel in tabaksproducten · Mons · since 1999
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Other specialised construction activities · since 2021
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Waterloo · since 2018
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Market research and public opinion polling · Bertem · since 2023
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Dental practice · since 2005
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Other business support services · Awans · since 2009
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Development of residential building projects · Schilde · since 2016
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Dental practice · Hasselt · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of MALIN Agency · Agents in the wholesale of furniture, household goods and hardware · De Haan · since 2010
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Heist-op-den-Berg · since 1995
Names that resemble it 34 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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since 2010
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Abbreviation of MATHEMATICS RESEARCH CENTER · Antwerpen · since 1985
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2023
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since 1992
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since 1998
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since 1998
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Agents and managers of artists, athletes and other public figures · since 2013
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Reparatie en onderhoud van consumentenelektronica · since 1995
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Literary creation · since 2016
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Joinery installation · since 2017
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Retail sale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, excluding motor fuels · since 2002
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Mixed farming · since 1989
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Retail sale of motor vehicle parts and accessories · since 1996
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Specialist medical practice · since 1983
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Other business support services · since 2012
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since 2012
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Funeral services · Lochristi · since 2001
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Business and other management consultancy · Schilde · since 2013
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2023
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Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · Ittre · since 2010
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Activities of building architects · since 2014
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Land surveying · since 1991
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Mixed farming · since 2012
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Support activities for crop production · since 1994
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Other building finishing work · since 2000
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Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · since 1976
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Support activities for animal production · since 1998
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since 1991
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Joinery installation · since 2021
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Operation of fairground attractions · since 2008
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Screed work · since 2022
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since 2021