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.
“Mamelou”
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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Wholesale of clothing, excluding workwear and underwear · Brasschaat · since 1996
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Real estate agency activities · Knokke-Heist · since 1996
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Advertising agencies · Malle · since 2008
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · since 2026
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Manufacture of outerwear · since 2019
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Day nurseries and crèches · Sint-Truiden · since 2022
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Trade name of DANNE · Full-service restaurants · Yvoir · since 2008
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Business and other management consultancy · De Panne · since 2008
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Business and other management consultancy · Jabbeke · since 2025
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Retail sale of beverages, general range · since 2011
Names that resemble it 21 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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General construction of residential buildings · Antwerpen · since 2021
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Post-production of films, video and television programmes · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2020
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Colfontaine · since 2006
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Abbreviation of MURARIU AME · Specialist medical practice · Court-Saint-Etienne · since 2019
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Gent · since 1986
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Elsene · since 2001
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2023
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Deinze · since 2012
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2007
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Detailhandel in kledingaccessoires · Bornem · since 2024
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Retail sale of wines and spirits · since 2026
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Brecht · since 2012
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2017
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Vermogensbeheer · Jabbeke · since 2019
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Business and other management consultancy · Zonhoven · since 2020
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General medical practice · Genappe · since 2022
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Day nurseries and crèches · Evere · since 2023
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Day nurseries and crèches · since 2007
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Activities of holding companies · Oudenaarde · since 2024
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Knokke-Heist · since 2024
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Graphic design and visual communication · Gent · since 2025