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.
“Matenau”
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
3 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Lille · since 2010
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Other education · since 2018
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Full-service restaurants · Rumst · since 2021
Names that resemble it 32 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Other legal services · Oostkamp · since 2023
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Joinery installation · Roeselare · since 2024
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Abbreviation of MATE OFFICE · Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2020
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Business and other management consultancy · Hasselt · since 2010
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Activiteiten van dag- en dienstencentra voor ouderen · Namur · since 2013
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Antwerpen · since 1967
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Abbreviation of MAISONS ET TERRAINS · Chimay · since 1968
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Knokke-Heist · since 1959
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Abbreviation of Mazoutechnic · Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Brussel · since 1968
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Leuven · since 1991
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Support activities for crop production · Momignies · since 2013
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2017
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Seraing · since 2014
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Plumbing work · since 2023
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Design of textile patterns, clothing, jewellery, furniture and decorative items · since 2026
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Roofing work · Vorselaar · since 2017
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Other construction installation · since 2018
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Other building finishing work · since 2020
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Other information service activities · Gingelom · since 2020
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Development of residential building projects · Brasschaat · since 2021
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General construction of residential buildings · Merksplas · since 2022
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Activities of holding companies · Oudenaarde · since 2022
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General construction of residential buildings · Damme · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Elsene · since 2023
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Scheduled passenger transport by road · Zandhoven · since 2009
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Name of an establishment of AMARES · Activities of building architects · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 2007
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Groothandel in koffie, thee, cacao en specerijen · Merchtem · since 2024
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Beveiligingsactiviteiten, n.e.g. · since 2025
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Overige activiteiten op het gebied van telecommunicatie · since 2025
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Retail sale of watches and jewellery · Liège · since 2026
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Diepenbeek · since 1988