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.
“Matubu”
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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Cafés and bars · Knokke-Heist · since 2021
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Abbreviation of Matubu Shop · Retail sale of beverages, general range · Brugge · since 2023
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Detailhandel in herenbovenkleding · Diksmuide · since 2015
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Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · Gent · since 2009
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Full-service restaurants · since 2006
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Name of an establishment of RONARCH · Retail sale of women's outerwear · Diksmuide · since 2007
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Full-service restaurants · since 2024
Names that resemble it 10 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Demolition · Puurs-Sint-Amands · since 2014
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Groothandel in sport- en kampeerartikelen, met uitzondering van fietsen · Thimister-Clermont · since 2015
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Business and other management consultancy · Rotselaar · since 2016
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Agents and brokers in banking services · Tielt · since 2025
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2013
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Other business support services · Kortrijk · since 2018
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Joinery installation · since 2020
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Vocational training · Kontich · since 2021
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Bree · since 2024
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Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2016