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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.

“Matthys, Wouter”

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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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

18 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • Matthys, Wouter (sole trader) same name
    Detailhandel in overig textiel · since 2013
  • Matthys, Wouter (sole trader) same name
    Sound recording · since 2017
  • Matthys, Wouter (sole trader) same name
    since 2025
  • Matthys, Wout (sole trader) very similar
    Intermediation services for non-specialised retail · since 2025
  • Matthijs, Wouter (sole trader) very similar
    Landscape service activities · since 2024
  • Mattheus, Wouter (sole trader) very similar
    Literary creation · since 2025
  • Matthé, Wouter (sole trader) very similar
    Other specialised construction activities · since 2020
  • Matthys very similar
    Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Frameries · since 1968
  • MATTHYS very similar
    Abbreviation of MATTHYS QUALITY EQUIPMENT · Wholesale of other machinery and equipment · Anzegem · since 1980
  • MATTHYS very similar
    Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Waregem · since 1985
  • MATTHYS NV very similar
    Name of an establishment of MVR · Wholesale of electrical household appliances and audio-video equipment · Merchtem · since 1986
  • MATTHYS very similar
    Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Lo-Reninge · since 1992
  • MATTHYS very similar
    Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Destelbergen · since 1996
  • Matthys very similar
    Mixed farming · Damme · since 1990
  • Matthys (sole trader) very similar
    Computer programming · since 2023
  • MATTHYS LTD very similar
    Other sports activities · DANCASTER · since 2007
  • MATTHYS very similar
    Raising of dairy cattle · Kaprijke · since 2008
  • Matthys very similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 1994
Names that resemble it 35 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.

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