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.
“Marx”
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
7 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Vervaardiging van keukenmeubelen · Oostrozebeke · since 2013
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Dilsen-Stokkem · since 2022
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Groothandel in levende dieren, muv levend vee · Lanaken · since 1983
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Literary creation · since 2017
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2024
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2025
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Business and other management consultancy · Brussel · since 2022
Names that resemble it 56 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Insulation installation · Vorst · since 2016
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Abbreviation of Montage Industrieller Anlagen Apparate und Rohrleitungsbau · Saarbrücken · since 1968
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Abbreviation of MOVIMENTO DE ACCAO E REFLEXAO · since 1998
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Berlaar · since 2015
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Abbreviation of Management Architecture et Ressourcement · Urban planning and landscape architecture · Linkebeek · since 2016
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Abbreviation of MAISON DE L’AGRICULTURE ET DE LA RURALITE · Other business support services · Gembloux · since 2018
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Groothandel in vis en schaal- en weekdieren · Schaarbeek · since 2021
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2023
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Malaga · since 2008
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2011
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Abbreviation of MAROBEL · Antwerpen · since 2012
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General construction of residential buildings · Drogenbos · since 2025
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Izegem · since 1983
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Aarschot · since 1987
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Meise · since 1996
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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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Name of an establishment · Full-service restaurants · Ternat · since 2013
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Cultural education · since 1990
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Name of an establishment · Groothandel in porselein en glaswerk · Oostkamp · since 2013
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Name of an establishment · Varkensvetmesterijen · Lo-Reninge · since 2014
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Business and other management consultancy · Diest · since 2015
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Name of an establishment · Activities of holding companies · Staden · since 2015
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Name of an establishment of Knowledge Hub · Office administrative and support services · Brugge · since 2015
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Literary creation · since 2016
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Name of an establishment of Lijstjestijd · Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Sint-Niklaas · since 2019
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Kontich · since 2020
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Full-service restaurants · Laakdal · since 2020
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2021
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Name of an establishment · Physiotherapy · De Panne · since 2021
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Literary creation · since 2022
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Hairdressing and barber services · Kampenhout · since 2022
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Name of an establishment · Market research and public opinion polling · Bertem · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Harelbeke · since 2023
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2009
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Market research and public opinion polling · Halen · since 2003
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Knokke-Heist · since 2004
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Name of an establishment · Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Destelbergen · since 2005
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Name of an establishment · Repair and maintenance of other personal and household goods · Maaseik · since 2005
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Goederenvervoer over zee- en kustwateren · Kapellen · since 2007
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Exploitatie van snooker- en biljartzalen · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Nijlen · since 2023
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Name of an establishment · Business and other management consultancy · Kortrijk · since 2024
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Business and other management consultancy · Koksijde · since 2024
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Name of an establishment of MARE MAS · Other professional, scientific and technical activities · Oostende · since 2024
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Activities of lawyers · Antwerpen · since 2024
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Other postal and courier activities · since 2025
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Brussel · since 2025
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Sports and recreation education · since 2026
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Name of an establishment · Office administrative and support services · Herselt · since 2026
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Retail sale of beverages, general range · since 2026
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Brugge · since 1968
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Wervik · since 1983
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Heers · since 1993
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Heist-op-den-Berg · since 1995
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Name of an establishment of GASTROPUB MARE · Full-service restaurants · Mol · since 2017
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Name of an establishment of KAMENITZA · General cleaning of buildings · Schaarbeek · since 2012