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.
“Maurau”
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
4 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Computer programming · Gent · since 2023
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Ninove · since 2025
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2016
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Laarne · since 2007
Names that resemble it 25 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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Detailhandel in onderkleding, lingerie en strand- en badkleding · Hemiksem · since 2005
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Ukkel · since 2025
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Other education · since 2019
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Name of an establishment of MORRISON · Retail sale of footwear · De Panne · since 1990
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Hairdressing and barber services · Leuven · since 2000
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Zandhoven · since 2001
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Development of residential building projects · Torhout · since 2023
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Physiotherapy · Namur · since 2009
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Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · since 2006
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2024
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Other sports activities · Harelbeke · since 2025
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Computer programming · Roeselare · since 2018
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Kortrijk · since 2019
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Risk and damage evaluation · Brussel · since 2020
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Activities of head offices · Kalmthout · since 2021
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Marseille · since 2021
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Schilde · since 2009
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Activities of building architects · since 2009
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Business and other management consultancy · Bierbeek · since 2011
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Retail sale of other cultural and recreation goods · Elsene · since 2012
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Business and other management consultancy · Deinze · since 2024
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General electrical installation work · Anzegem · since 2025
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Ukkel · since 1985
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Full-service restaurants · Kontich · since 2020