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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.

“Marchant, 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

7 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • Sole trader same name
    Roofing work · since 2001
  • Sole trader very similar
    since 1999
  • Sole trader very similar
    Literary creation · since 2018
  • Sole trader very similar
    Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 1990
  • Sole trader very similar
    Veterinary services · since 2013
  • marchant very similar
    Advertising agencies · Antwerpen · since 2024
  • MARCHANT SA very similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Name of an establishment of M.C. CONSULT · Other retail sale of new goods · Fontaine-l'Evêque · since 1995
Names that resemble it 37 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • Sole trader similar
    Certified accountants and tax accountants · since 2005
  • Sole trader similar
    since 2013
  • Sole trader similar
  • Sole trader similar
    Event catering · since 2012
  • Sole trader similar
    since 1981
  • Marchant G. similar
    Halle · since 1981
  • Sole trader similar
    Psychology services · since 2003
  • Sole trader similar
    Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 2009
  • 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
  • MARCHAL similar
    General electrical installation work · Braine-le-Comte · since 1980
  • MARCHAL similar
    General construction of residential buildings · Bierbeek · since 1988
  • MARCHAL similar
    Wholesale of industrial chemicals · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 1998
  • Sole trader similar
    since 1991
  • Sole trader similar
    Mixed farming · since 2011
  • Sole trader similar
  • Sole trader similar
    Full-service restaurants · since 1994
  • Sole trader similar
    Activities of lawyers · since 2023
  • Sole trader similar
    since 2004
  • Sole trader similar
    Andere activiteiten op het gebied van de geestelijke gezondheidszorg · since 2008
  • MARCHAND similar
    Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · Brussel · since 1987
  • MARCHAND similar
    Screed work · Ichtegem · since 2016
  • Sole trader similar
    Floor and wall tiling · since 1996
  • Marchand similar
    Other business support services · Gent · since 2017
  • Sole trader similar
    since 2003
  • Sole trader similar
    Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2017
  • Sole trader similar
    since 1990
  • Sole trader similar
    Vervaardiging van andere voedingsmiddelen, n.e.g. · since 2024
  • Sole trader similar
    since 1979
  • Sole trader similar
    Logging · since 1990
  • Sole trader similar
    Roofing work · since 1996
  • Sole trader similar
    General construction of residential buildings · since 1989
  • Sole trader similar
    Retail sale of antiques · since 2019
  • Sole trader similar
    since 1997
  • Sole trader similar
    since 1973
  • Sole trader similar
    Other photographic activities · since 2024
  • Sole trader similar
    Literary creation · 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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