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Compared with the KBO register · free

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.

“Marius, 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.

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

25 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • Veterinary services · since 1991
  • Demolition · since 2020
  • Dental practice · since 2002
  • since 2015
  • Certified accountants and tax accountants · since 2019
  • Raising of dairy cattle · since 1997
  • Landscape service activities · since 2022
  • Marius very similar
    Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Wielsbeke · since 2019
  • MARIUS very similar
    Activities of lawyers · Schaarbeek · since 2024
  • Manufacture of imitation jewellery and related articles · since 2025
  • MARC very similar
    Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Izegem · since 1983
  • MARC very similar
    On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · Knokke-Heist · since 1985
  • M.A.R.C. very similar
    Abbreviation of MANAGEMENT and ACTUARIAL RESEARCH COMPANY · Business and other management consultancy · Wemmel · since 1992
  • MARC very similar
    Groothandel in tabaksproducten · Mons · since 1999
  • MARC (sole trader) very similar
    Other specialised construction activities · since 2021
  • M.A.R.C. very similar
    Waterloo · since 2018
  • M.A.R.C. very similar
    Market research and public opinion polling · Bertem · since 2023
  • Marc (sole trader) very similar
    Dental practice · since 2005
  • MARC very similar
    Other business support services · Awans · since 2009
  • Retail sale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, excluding motor fuels · since 2002
  • Mixed farming · since 1989
  • Retail sale of motor vehicle parts and accessories · since 1996
  • since 2012
  • MARIUS very similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Binche · since 2024
  • MARC very similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Heist-op-den-Berg · since 1995
Names that resemble it 40 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.

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