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.
“M.E.F.”
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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Liège · since 1985
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Abbreviation of Madina Exotic Food · Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · Anderlecht · since 2022
Names that resemble it 34 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of MISSION EVANGELIQUE FRANCOPHONE EN BELGIQUE · Activities of religious organisations · Zaventem · since 2001
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Abbreviation of Mouvement pour l'Egalité entre les Femmes et les Hommes · Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Eghezée · since 2015
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Activities of head offices · Essen · since 2022
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Performing arts by independent artists · Hasselt · since 2024
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Full-service restaurants · Knokke-Heist · since 2024
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Abbreviation of Moskee El Fath En Nassr · Activities of religious organisations · Antwerpen · since 1983
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Sprimont · since 1991
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Name of an establishment of ELEKTRICITEITSWERKEN FRANK MESTDAGH · Other professional, scientific and technical activities · Comines-Warneton · since 2000
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Name of an establishment of MELFLO · Other retail sale of new goods · Walcourt · since 2019
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General construction of residential buildings · Mechelen · since 2021
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2021
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Full-service restaurants · since 2022
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2023
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2010
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Abbreviation of MercLan European Private Equity Fund · Other financial services · Antwerpen · since 2025
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Abbreviation of MISSION EVANGELIQUE · Charleroi · since 1948
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Abbreviation of MAMPAEY ENGINEERING · Wholesale of electrical equipment, including installation materials · Tremelo · since 1990
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Abbreviation of LA MAISON DE L'ESCRIME · Activities of other sports clubs · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2002
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Pre-press and pre-media services · since 2002
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Abbreviation of Mashariki East vzw · since 2014
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Abbreviation of Magic Entertainment · Arendonk · since 2014
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Abbreviation of Music Entertainment · Brussel · since 2014
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Name of an establishment of HOMEDRESSERS · Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Aarschot · since 2015
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Abbreviation of MICRO ENTREPRISES · Braine-l'Alleud · since 2016
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Abbreviation of Martial Events · Le Roeulx · since 2018
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Day spas, saunas and steam baths · Zoersel · since 2021
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2022
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Nursing and midwifery · Beerse · since 2022
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Hasselt · since 2023
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Operation of sports facilities · Oostkamp · since 2009
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Abbreviation of Mengal Ensemble · Gent · since 2010
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Abbreviation of MONT EOLE · Production of electricity from non-renewable sources · Perwez · since 2023
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Abbreviation of MAESEN E. · Overige vrachtbehandeling, exclusief in zeehavens · Zonnebeke · since 2024
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Abbreviation of ME Art Studio & Créations · Business and other management consultancy · Namur · since 2025