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Compared with the KBO register · free

Type the name you want to use. You see at once whether an active company already has the same or a similar name, and whether it works in your sector.

“Manil, Pascal”

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.

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Same or very similar names

4 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • Sole trader same name
    General construction of residential buildings · since 2007
  • Sole trader very similar
    since 1996
  • Sole trader very similar
    Other building finishing work · since 2025
  • MANIL very similar
    Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Beringen · since 1985
Names that resemble it 27 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • Sole trader similar
  • Sole trader similar
    since 2012
  • Sole trader similar
    Painting of buildings · since 2008
  • MASCAL similar
    Vermogensbeheer · Mons · since 2016
  • Sole trader similar
    Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 1990
  • Sole trader similar
    Roofing work · since 2000
  • Sole trader similar
    since 2016
  • Sole trader similar
    Algemene bouw van kantoorgebouwen · since 2017
  • Sole trader similar
    Hairdressing and barber services · since 1988
  • Sole trader similar
    Retail sale of electrical household appliances · since 1985
  • Sole trader similar
    Retail sale of motorcycles and motorcycle parts and accessories · since 2019
  • Sole trader similar
    Driving schools for cars and motorcycles · since 2020
  • Sole trader similar
    since 2025
  • Sole trader similar
    Advertising agencies · since 2026
  • Sole trader similar
    since 1987
  • Sole trader similar
    since 2015
  • Sole trader similar
    Mixed farming · since 2011
  • Sole trader similar
    Plumbing work · since 2014
  • Sole trader similar
    Agents in the wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco · since 1986
  • Sole trader similar
    General construction of residential buildings · since 1983
  • Sole trader similar
    since 1993
  • Sole trader similar
    Retail sale of hardware, building materials, paint and glass (general range) · since 1993
  • Sole trader similar
    Other retail sale of new goods · since 2012
  • Sole trader similar
    Cafés and bars · since 2021
  • Sole trader similar
    since 2004
  • Sole trader similar
    since 1983
  • Sole trader similar
    Certified accountants and tax accountants · since 2025

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. A name can be free in the register and still be protected as a trademark. Trademarks are searched in the 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.

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