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.
“Maxotte”
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
2 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Other education · Hove · since 2024
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Liège · since 2014
Names that resemble it 14 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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General construction of residential buildings · Ninove · since 2022
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Verwerking van thee en koffie · Namur · since 2022
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Physiotherapy · since 2023
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Equestrian clubs · Zaventem · since 1983
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Heusden-Zolder · since 1990
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Name of an establishment of NORREC · Other building finishing work · Nijlen · since 2003
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Full-service restaurants · since 1996
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Vorst · since 2005
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Productie van televisiefilms · Leuven · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Keerbergen · since 2025
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Business and other management consultancy · Linter · since 2025
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Retail sale of women's outerwear · Brussel · since 1988
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Full-service restaurants · Leuven · since 2014
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Business and other management consultancy · Beernem · since 2011