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.
“Marides”
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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Public relations and communication consultancy · Gent · since 2025
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Full-service restaurants · Poperinge · since 1985
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Cafés and bars · Lier · since 2006
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2024
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Business and other management consultancy · Harelbeke · since 1993
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Day nurseries and crèches · since 2014
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Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · since 1986
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2023
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Diepenbeek · since 2003
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Abbreviation of MARINES - Modeling and Analysis for Reliable Information to Nurture Environmental Sustainability and Services · Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Villers-le-Bouillet · since 2024
Names that resemble it 55 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Dental practice · Zottegem · since 2020
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Full-service restaurants · Blankenberge · since 2004
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Other amusement and recreation activities · since 2018
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Full-service restaurants · Herent · since 2022
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Other specialised construction activities · since 2006
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Dental practice · Diksmuide · since 2024
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Detailhandel in baby- en kinderbovenkleding · Landen · since 2014
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Vermogensbeheer · Namur · since 2014
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Sint-Niklaas · since 1996
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Psychology services · since 2021
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Development of residential building projects · Turnhout · since 1977
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Activities of holding companies · Kortrijk · since 1986
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Gent · since 1981
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General construction of residential buildings · Diest · since 1986
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Malle · since 1987
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Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 1987
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Heusden-Zolder · since 1988
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Activities of holding companies · Antwerpen · since 1991
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Name of an establishment of MARIE - AVENUE LOUISE · Full-service restaurants · Elsene · since 1994
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Berlaar · since 1994
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Mixed farming · Pepingen · since 1994
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Verhuur en lease van woon- en bureelcontainers en dergelijke accommodatie · Koksijde · since 1997
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Activities of holding companies · Brugge · since 1998
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Name of an establishment of MARIO BRABANT · General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Stekene · since 2001
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Business and other management consultancy · Mechelen · since 2014
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Zonhoven · since 2013
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1996
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Zundert · since 1998
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Knokke-Heist · since 2016
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Business and other management consultancy · Tremelo · since 2017
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Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · since 1989
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Other amusement and recreation activities · since 1992
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 2000
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Kortemark · since 2015
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Manufacture of other wood products · since 1999
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Business and other management consultancy · Nijlen · since 2021
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Wuustwezel · since 2021
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Business and other management consultancy · Brugge · since 2021
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Support activities for crop production · Leopoldsburg · since 2022
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Huishoudelijke persoonlijke dienstverlening · Aarschot · since 2009
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Abbreviation of MARIE LINGERIE · Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Antwerpen · since 2010
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Retail sale of chocolate and confectionery · since 2011
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Riemst · since 2003
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Name of an establishment · Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2004
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Knokke-Heist · since 2004
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Groothandel in schoeisel · Mechelen · since 2005
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Activities of head offices · Gent · since 2005
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Temporary employment agencies and other provision of personnel · since 2007
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Hotels and similar accommodation · Gent · since 2023
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Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · Herk-de-Stad · since 2024
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Kluisbergen · since 2024
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Cafés and bars · Roeselare · since 2026
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Business and other management consultancy · Aalst · since 2026
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Zaventem · since 1995
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Liedekerke · since 2013