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.
“Maxam”
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
11 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Wholesale of perfume and cosmetics · Enghien · since 2000
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Activities of holding companies · Westerlo · since 2013
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Guest rooms (bed and breakfast) · Knokke-Heist · since 2003
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Mouscron · since 2002
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Full-service restaurants · Anzegem · since 2017
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Vermogensbeheer · Ukkel · since 2018
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Zonnebeke · since 2016
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Cafés and bars · Anderlecht · since 2009
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Gent · since 2004
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Business and other management consultancy · Hove · since 2024
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Specialist medical practice · Waterloo · since 2025
Names that resemble it 50 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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General electrical installation work · 19810New Castle County · since 1998
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Buggenhout · since 2017
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Other retail sale of new goods · Braine-l'Alleud · since 2007
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Activities of holding companies · Kuurne · since 2008
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Groothandel in aanhangwagens, opleggers en caravans · Opwijk · since 2008
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Activities of holding companies · Sprimont · since 2001
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Business and other management consultancy · Anzegem · since 2002
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Specialist medical practice · Zottegem · since 2013
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Braine-le-Château · since 2018
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Web portal activities · Sprimont · since 2019
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Business and other management consultancy · Oostkamp · since 2020
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Ronse · since 2022
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Pre-press and pre-media services · Incourt · since 2012
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Business and other management consultancy · Nivelles · since 2006
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Abbreviation of MENUISERIE ADELAIRE MARCEL · Joinery installation · Neupré · since 1975
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Real estate agency activities · Heusden-Zolder · since 1980
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Anderlecht · since 1982
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Mont-Saint-Guibert · since 1984
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Elsene · since 1988
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Abbreviation of MENUISERIE ARTISANALE MOUSCRON · Manufacture of other builders' carpentry and joinery · Mouscron · since 1991
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Gent · since 1993
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Groothandel in uurwerken en sieraden · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 1994
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Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1996
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Full-service restaurants · Liège · since 1996
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Aiseau-Presles · since 1998
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Name of an establishment of YVES VAN MALDEGHEM · Full-service restaurants · Oostende · since 1999
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Roofing work · Gavere · since 2000
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Detailhandel in breigarens, handwerken en fournituren · Oupeye · since 2014
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Retail sale of women's outerwear
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Brussel · since 2016
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Name of an establishment of FANNY · Other non-specialised retail sale · Lebbeke · since 2016
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 1994
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Retail sale of wines and spirits · Ninove · since 2017
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Retail sale of pets, pet food and pet supplies · since 1999
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Agents in the wholesale of textiles, clothing, fur, footwear and leather goods · Wevelgem · since 2018
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Advertising agencies · since 1992
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Kortrijk · since 2013
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Pet care services, excluding veterinary services · since 1992
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Joinery installation · Neupré · since 2021
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Other support activities for arts and performing arts · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2021
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Visual arts creation · Mechelen · since 2021
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Abbreviation of MAXIMUS · Saint-Nicolas · since 2021
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Activities of holding companies · Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 2022
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Full-service restaurants · Gent · since 2023
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Denderleeuw · since 2011
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since 1995
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Gent · since 2005
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Abbreviation of Music & Art Management · Waterloo · since 2005
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 2008
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Antwerpen · since 1981