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.
“Marcand”
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
17 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Other personal services · Wetteren · since 2022
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Computer programming · Torhout · since 2021
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Overige plantenvermeerdering · Wavre · since 1968
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Ingelmunster · since 1978
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Sint-Truiden · since 1986
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Balen · since 1989
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · since 2000
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Retail sale of second-hand clothing · since 1990
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Brasschaat · since 2022
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Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · Brussel · since 1987
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Screed work · Ichtegem · since 2016
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Floor and wall tiling · since 1996
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Other business support services · Gent · since 2017
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Activities of holding companies · Sint-Niklaas · since 2018
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Advertising agencies · Geraardsbergen · since 2020
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Mixed farming · Büllingen · since 2009
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Guest rooms (bed and breakfast) · Zaventem · since 1995
Names that resemble it 40 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Huldenberg · since 1969
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Vermogensbeheer · Waasmunster · since 2020
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Activities of holding companies · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2010
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Overige diensten in verband met het maken van geluidsopnamen · since 2013
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Literary creation · since 2020
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Business and other management consultancy · Namur · since 2024
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Hoogstraten · since 1987
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Lubbeek · since 1990
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Growing of flowers · Sint-Gillis-Waas · since 1993
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Namur · since 2021
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Retail sale of wines and spirits · Fléron · since 2022
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since 2007
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Bemiddeling in verband met verhuur en leasing van auto’s, campers en aanhangwagens · Oud-Turnhout · since 2025
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Computer programming · Oostkamp · since 2026
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Support activities for crop production · since 2013
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Other professional, scientific and technical activities · De Haan · since 2022
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Sint-Niklaas · since 1992
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Niel · since 1997
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Name of an establishment of MARCARS SCS · General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Jalhay · since 2002
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Other technical testing and analysis · since 2012
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Inland freight water transport · since 1994
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Literary creation · since 2017
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Beheer en instandhouding van natuurreservaten · Kortrijk · since 2017
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Full-service restaurants · Scherpenheuvel-Zichem · since 2019
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Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Haaltert · since 2023
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General medical practice · Bonheiden · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Nijlen · since 2024
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Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Braine-le-Comte · since 2025
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · Knokke-Heist · since 1985
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Abbreviation of MATHEMATICS RESEARCH CENTER · Antwerpen · 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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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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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 2006
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Jabbeke · since 1982
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Staden · since 2007
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Floor and wall tiling · Menen · since 2018