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Name check

Compared with the KBO register · free

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.

“malabata”

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.

  • malabata same name
    Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2006
  • F.C. MALABATA very similar
    Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2001
  • MALABATA GROEP very similar
    Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 2024
  • MALABATA BELGIUM very similar
    Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2014
Names that resemble it 10 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • Malabar similar
    Name of an establishment of MAUI · Cafés and bars · Oostende · since 2024
  • since 2013
  • Malabareo similar
    Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Lebbeke · since 2023
  • Vervaardiging van koffers, tassen, zadel- en tuigmakerswerk van ongeacht welk materiaal · since 2019
  • MATA similar
    Photography, excluding press photography · Boom · since 2016
  • Cafés and bars · since 2018
  • MALABAR HILL similar
    Activities of holding companies · Knokke-Heist · since 2019
  • Mala similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Deinze · since 2021
  • MATA similar
    Uitgeverijen van muziekopnamen · Anderlecht · since 2005
  • Activiteiten van bejaardenzorg aan huis, muv (thuis)verpleging · since 2026

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