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.
“mar.lin”
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
22 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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General electrical installation work · Hooglede · since 1989
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Wired, wireless and satellite telecommunications · Elsene · since 1980
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Bocholt · since 1988
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Vermogensbeheer · Steenokkerzeel · since 2003
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Mechelen · since 1971
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Physiotherapy · Heers · since 2019
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Vermogensbeheer · Courcelles · since 2015
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Sint-Niklaas · since 1987
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Cafés and bars · Kampenhout · since 2016
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Edegem · since 2018
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Activities of holding companies · Ukkel · since 2019
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Activities of holding companies · Turnhout · since 2020
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Vervaardiging van metalen deuren en vensters · Westerlo · since 2020
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Activities of bailiffs · Diest · since 2012
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Schaarbeek · since 2003
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Plumbing work · Bredene · since 2019
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Other construction installation · Roeselare · since 2021
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Property management for co-owned buildings (syndics) · Boom · since 2008
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Full-service restaurants · Zaventem · since 2012
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Name of an establishment · Buying and selling of own real estate · Heusden-Zolder · since 1988
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · Elsene · since 2014
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Name of an establishment of MALIN Agency · Agents in the wholesale of furniture, household goods and hardware · De Haan · since 2010
Names that resemble it 28 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Lier · since 1946
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Business and other management consultancy · Geel · since 2002
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · since 2000
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Other amusement and recreation activities · since 2023
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Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2018
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · De Haan · since 2019
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Activities of bailiffs · Profondeville · since 2019
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Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · Kraainem · since 2021
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Kortrijk · since 2021
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Business and other management consultancy · Zele · since 2022
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Cafés and bars · Brussel · since 2005
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2026
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Activities of lawyers · Elsene · since 2001
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Inland freight water transport · since 1983
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Vervaardiging van bouten, schroeven en moeren · Waterloo · since 2024
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Roeselare · since 1994
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Business and other management consultancy · Ninove · since 2015
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2023
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Ansby · since 2010
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Nuth · since 1976
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Support activities for crop production · Rijkevorsel · since 1986
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Other retail sale of new goods · Edegem · since 1987
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Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · since 1981
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Liège · since 2005
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2007
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Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2025
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Wholesale of information and communication equipment · Aalst · since 1987
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Name of an establishment of LE PETIT MARLIN · Detailhandel in vis en schaal- en weekdieren · Bonheiden · since 2019