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.
“maxa”
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
3 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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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
Names that resemble it 56 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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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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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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Guest rooms (bed and breakfast) · Knokke-Heist · since 2003
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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
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Real estate agency activities · Heusden-Zolder · since 1980
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Elsene · since 1988
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Gent · since 1993
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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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Activities of holding companies · Sprimont · since 2001
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Mouscron · since 2002
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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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Pre-press and pre-media services · since 2003
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Retail sale of women's outerwear
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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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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Braine-le-Château · since 2018
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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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Web portal activities · Sprimont · since 2019
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Pet care services, excluding veterinary services · since 1992
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Business and other management consultancy · Oostkamp · since 2020
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Other support activities for arts and performing arts · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2021
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2026
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Abbreviation of MAXIMUS · Saint-Nicolas · since 2021
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Ronse · since 2022
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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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Name of an establishment of PANA MANAGEMENT · Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Knokke-Heist · since 2023
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Pre-press and pre-media services · Incourt · since 2012
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since 1995
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Business and other management consultancy · Nivelles · since 2006
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 2008
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Other business support services · since 2024
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Kapellen · since 2026
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Other business support services · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2026
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Renting and leasing of other personal and household goods · Aalter · since 2015
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Insurance agents and brokers · Brasschaat · since 2020
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Name of an establishment · Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Aalter · since 2020
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Sint-Martens-Latem · since 2022
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Name of an establishment · Activities of holding companies · Kuurne · since 2008
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Cafés and bars · Quévy · since 2025
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Antwerpen · since 1981
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Oostende · since 1990