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.
“MyMachine”
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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General construction of residential buildings · since 2026
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Kortrijk · since 2009
Names that resemble it 24 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Activities of holding companies · Libramont-Chevigny · since 2025
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2019
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Wholesale of motor vehicle parts and accessories · Dilbeek · since 2021
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Name of an establishment of MACHINES LOEWENSTEIN · Vervaardiging van overige machines en apparaten voor algemeen gebruik, n.e.g. · Vorst · since 1976
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Performing arts by independent artists · Gent · since 2018
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Vervaardiging van niet-verspanende machines voor de metaalbewerking en van gereedschapswerktuigen voor metaalbewerking · since 1974
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Video and film production, excluding cinema and television films · Antwerpen · since 2014
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Vervaardiging van niet-verspanende machines voor de metaalbewerking en van gereedschapswerktuigen voor metaalbewerking · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2022
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Exploitatie van recreatiedomeinen · since 2025
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2022
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Retail sale of hardware, building materials, paint and glass (general range) · Lummen · since 1990
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · Beloeil · since 2013
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Computer programming · Esneux · since 2018
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Hairdressing and barber services · Brussel · since 2022
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General electrical installation work · since 2009
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2011
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Châtelet · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of MS-SERVICE · Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2024
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Abbreviation of AAIMACHINE vzw · Visual arts creation · Antwerpen · since 2025
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Mobile food service activities · since 2025
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Business and other management consultancy · Berlare · since 1991
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Abbreviation of MY Motorsport Activities · Vervaardiging van motorvoertuigen · Huy · since 2014
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Office administrative and support services · Malmedy · since 2026
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Groothandel in kantoor- en schoolbenodigdheden · Antwerpen · since 1960