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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 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.

“Marcelis, 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.

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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

8 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • Sole trader same name
    Business and other management consultancy · since 2023
  • Sole trader very similar
    since 1982
  • MARCELIS very similar
    Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Mechelen · since 2006
  • Sole trader very similar
    since 2022
  • Sole trader very similar
    Bemiddelingsactiviteiten voor de gespecialiseerde detailhandel · since 2024
  • Sole trader very similar
    Wholesale of live animals · since 1998
  • Sole trader very similar
    Beheer van financiële markten · since 2022
  • Sole trader very similar
    On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · since 2025
Names that resemble it 55 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • Sole trader similar
    Households as employers of domestic personnel · since 2023
  • Sole trader similar
    Advertising agencies · since 2020
  • Sole trader similar
    Certified accountants and tax accountants · since 2019
  • Sole trader similar
    Raising of dairy cattle · since 1997
  • Sole trader similar
    Landscape service activities · since 2022
  • Sole trader similar
    Retail sale of second-hand clothing · since 1984
  • Sole trader similar
    Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2009
  • Sole trader similar
    Construction of roads and motorways · since 2005
  • Sole trader similar
    since 1988
  • Marcel similar
    Retail sale of footwear · Turnhout · since 1997
  • Sole trader similar
    Screed work · since 2013
  • Sole trader similar
    since 2013
  • Sole trader similar
    since 1997
  • MARCEL similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Vorst · since 2016
  • Sole trader similar
    Other education · since 2017
  • Marcel similar
    Full-service restaurants · Gent · since 2017
  • Sole trader similar
    Landscape service activities · since 2018
  • Marcel similar
    Vermogensbeheer · Stabroek · since 2017
  • Sole trader similar
    since 2020
  • MARCELIMO similar
    Tournai · since 2021
  • Sole trader similar
    Activiteiten van verpakkingsbedrijven · since 2021
  • MARCEL similar
    Retail sale of other sporting goods · Poperinge · since 2022
  • MARCEL similar
    Activities of head offices · Aarschot · since 2022
  • MARCELINC similar
    Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Puurs-Sint-Amands · since 2022
  • MARCEL similar
    Development of residential building projects · Gistel · since 2023
  • Sole trader similar
    Joinery installation · since 2023
  • Marcel similar
    Name of an establishment of SCRAPYARD BVBA · Full-service restaurants · Sint-Niklaas · since 2009
  • Sole trader similar
    Specialist medical practice · since 1989
  • Dental practice · Zoersel · since 2012
  • MARCEL similar
    Visual arts creation · Jette · since 2003
  • Sole trader similar
    Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · since 2003
  • Marcel similar
    Name of an establishment of NOVEMBER.BE · Advertising agencies · Poperinge · since 2004
  • MARCEL similar
    Name of an establishment of HOLEMANS MARCEL · Roofing work · Aarschot · since 2006
  • Sole trader similar
    Activities of building architects · since 2007
  • MAR.CEL similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Langemark-Poelkapelle · since 2023
  • Sole trader similar
    Hairdressing and barber services · since 2024
  • MARCEL similar
    Other personal services · Gent · since 2024
  • Marcel similar
    Other business support services · Kortrijk · since 2026
  • Sole trader similar
    Joinery installation · since 2013
  • Sole trader similar
    Other education · since 2018
  • Sole trader similar
    since 1992
  • Sole trader similar
    since 1998
  • Sole trader similar
    Business and other management consultancy · since 2024
  • Sole trader similar
    since 1991
  • Sole trader similar
    Vervaardiging van andere meubelen, n.e.g. · since 2020
  • Sole trader similar
    General electrical installation work · since 2020
  • Sole trader similar
    since 2020
  • Sole trader similar
    Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2021
  • Sole trader similar
    Households as employers of domestic personnel · since 2026
  • MARCELIMMO similar
    Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Pajottegem · since 1998
  • Sole trader similar
  • Sole trader similar
    since 2023
  • Sole trader similar
    since 1995
  • Sole trader similar
    Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · since 2024
  • Sole trader similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Groothandel in ijzer- en staalschroot en in oude non-ferrometalen · since 2019

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