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.
“Markova”
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
8 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · since 2014
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Activities of lawyers · Elsene · since 2023
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Other personal services · since 2025
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Freight transport by road · Hasselt · since 1975
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Pig breeding farms · Ardooie · since 1988
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2025
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Real estate agency activities · since 2005
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Computer programming · Antwerpen · since 2025
Names that resemble it 36 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Retail sale of pharmaceutical products · Hoogstraten · since 2007
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Vorselaar · since 1995
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Essen · since 2020
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2020
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Insulation installation · since 2024
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Activities of building architects · since 2018
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Other specialised construction activities · since 2009
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Computer programming · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of Knowledge Hub · Office administrative and support services · Brugge · since 2015
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Advertising agencies · since 2018
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Full-service restaurants · Laakdal · since 2020
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Retail sale of other cultural and recreation goods · since 1989
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Market research and public opinion polling · Halen · since 2003
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Plastering work · since 2021
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Business and other management consultancy · Wetteren · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of GRINGO'S DESIGN · Advertising agencies · Antwerpen · since 1987
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Business and other management consultancy · Schaarbeek · since 1998
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Detailhandel in onderkleding, lingerie en strand- en badkleding · Spa · since 2024
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · since 2024
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Translation services · since 2005
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Hoogstraten · since 1987
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Wholesale of household textiles and bedding · Elsene · since 1987
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Ternat · since 1988
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Fitness centres · Herentals · since 1992
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Pre-press and pre-media services · Brussel · since 1997
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Hotels and similar accommodation · Kasterlee · since 2000
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since 2013
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Name of an establishment · Weven van textiel · Wichelen · since 2016
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Abbreviation of Festival Mark-é · Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · Menen · since 2018
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General construction of residential buildings · Flémalle · since 2020
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Name of an establishment · Nursing and midwifery · Frasnes-lez-Anvaing · since 2020
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since 2021
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Other retail sale of new goods · Anderlecht · since 2008
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Groothandel in zuivelproducten en eieren · Ranst · since 2011
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Name of an establishment of Provinciale Ontwikkelingsmaatschappij West-Vlaanderen · Provinciale overheid · Brugge · since 2006
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Painting of buildings · since 2024