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.
“Groep MSD”
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
7 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Wholesale of pharmaceutical and medical goods · Roeselare · since 2016
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Activities of interior architects · Sint-Martens-Latem · since 2022
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Hasselt · since 1978
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Insurance agents and brokers · Nijlen · since 2013
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Retail sale of household furniture · Heusden-Zolder · since 2000
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Abbreviation of Groep Medisch-Sociale Initiatieven van Limburg · Ziekenfondsen en zorgkassen · Hasselt · since 1993
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Genk · since 2003
Names that resemble it 55 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Brecht · since 1993
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Antwerpen · since 1992
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Insurance agents and brokers · Torhout · since 2016
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Non-specialised wholesale trade · Sint-Truiden · since 2019
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · Maasmechelen · since 2025
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Insurance agents and brokers · Lo-Reninge · since 2017
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Manufacture of dining room, living room, bedroom and bathroom furniture · Essen · since 2018
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Plastering work · Heusden-Zolder · since 2019
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Full-service restaurants · Nieuwpoort · since 2020
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Forging of metal · Schilde · since 2021
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Retail sale of hardware, building materials, paint and glass (general range) · Brugge · since 2021
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General construction of residential buildings · Antwerpen · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · Wijnegem · since 2022
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General electrical installation work · Aalter · since 2022
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2023
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Retail sale of pharmaceutical products · Kortenberg · since 2011
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Etterbeek · since 1968
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Screed work · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2015
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General construction of residential buildings · Kalmthout · since 2015
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General electrical installation work · Lier · since 2016
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Dental practice · Sint-Martens-Latem · since 2019
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Knokke-Heist · since 2019
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Agents in the wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco · Heusden-Zolder · since 2021
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Torhout · since 2010
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Agents and brokers in banking services · Leopoldsburg · since 2026
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Gent · since 1975
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Activiteiten van reisorganisatoren · Mol · since 1984
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Real estate agency activities · Keerbergen · since 1986
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Real estate agency activities · Middelkerke · since 1989
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Abbreviation of GROEP BOSSUYT · Real estate agency activities · Sint-Martens-Latem · since 1990
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Geel · since 1991
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Brasschaat · since 1991
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Heers · since 1993
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Groothandel in kantoor- en schoolbenodigdheden · Gistel · since 1993
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Name of an establishment of BRUIST · Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Brugge · since 1993
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Business and other management consultancy · Roeselare · since 1997
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Antwerpen · since 2000
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2000
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Name of an establishment of ARCHITECTEN GROEP III · Activities of building architects · Brugge · since 2013
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Activities of bailiffs · Gent · since 2013
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Wemmel · since 2014
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Joinery installation · Spiere-Helkijn · since 2014
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Verhuur en lease van bloemen en planten · Diksmuide · since 2016
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Activities of holding companies · Roeselare · since 2016
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Activities of holding companies · Zuienkerke · since 2017
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Other tax advisory services · Brugge · since 2017
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Beveiligingsactiviteiten, n.e.g. · Lokeren · since 2020
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Activities of holding companies · Peer · since 2023
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Retail sale of cosmetics and toilet articles · Lokeren · since 2008
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Joinery installation · Meise · since 2011
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Development of residential building projects · Maaseik · since 2007
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Dilsen-Stokkem · since 2008
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Brugge · since 1968
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Gent · since 1978
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Brugge · since 1989