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Compared with the KBO register · free

Type the name you want to use. You see at once whether an active company already has the same or a similar name, and whether it works in your sector.

“Matlock”

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.

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Same or very similar names

4 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • Matlock same name
    Activities of lawyers · Tessenderlo-Ham · since 2018
  • Sole trader same name
    Vervaardiging van hang- en sluitwerk · since 2025
  • PATLOCK very similar
    New Castle Country · since 1997
  • MABLOCK very similar
    Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Ukkel · since 2018
Names that resemble it 7 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • MATLO similar
    Groothandel in machines voor de mijnbouw, de bouwnijverheid en de weg- en waterbouw · Lier · since 2009
  • MATLOG similar
    Name of an establishment of MATBOIS-64 · Detailhandel in houten bouw- en tuinmaterialen · Honnelles · since 2018
  • MATLOU similar
    Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Wavre · since 2020
  • Keispelt · since 2013
  • MATLOUB similar
    Name of an establishment of Matloub Construct · Other specialised construction activities · Mechelen · since 2021
  • M.A.T.L. similar
    Abbreviation of Maison d'Accueil des Travailleurs du Luxembourg · Messancy · since 1978
  • Matli similar
    Freight transport by road · Antwerpen · since 2021

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. A name can be free in the register and still be protected as a trademark. Trademarks are searched in the 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.

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