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.
“Mauga”
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
10 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Real estate agency activities · Ellezelles · since 2021
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 1986
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Detailhandel in lederwaren en reisartikelen · Mortsel · since 1972
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Agents in the wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco · Kapellen · since 2016
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2019
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Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 2021
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Specialist medical practice · Tielt · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2025
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Ninove · since 2025
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Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · Montigny-le-Tilleul · since 2022
Names that resemble it 4 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 2025
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Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 1988
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Business and other management consultancy · Tessenderlo-Ham · since 2021
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Other building finishing work · since 2020