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.
“MDDS”
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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Full-service restaurants · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2014
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Detailhandel in tabaksproducten · Gavere · since 2018
Names that resemble it 40 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Name of an establishment of Centre public d'Action sociale de Liège · Openbare Centra voor Maatschappelijk Welzijn (OCMW) · Liège · since 1926
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Abbreviation of METRO DELIVERY SERVICE · Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Brussel · since 1974
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Name of an establishment of DEPANNAGES - M.D.S. · Repair and maintenance of machinery · Tremelo · since 1984
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Retail sale of automotive fuel · Erquelinnes · since 1988
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Abbreviation of MANAGEMENT DECISION SUPPORT · Development of residential building projects · Tervuren · since 1989
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Abbreviation of Meat Decoupe & Services · Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Eghezée · since 1992
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Abbreviation of MULTI DISTRIBUTION SERVICES · Vocational training · Zwevegem · since 1992
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Abbreviation of LE MONDE DU SAPIN · Flémalle · since 1995
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Abbreviation of MINALE DESIGN STRATEGY · Advertising agencies · Elsene · since 1997
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General construction of residential buildings · Oostende · since 1998
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Liège · since 2000
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Abbreviation of Maison des Sciences de l'UCLouvain · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 2000
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Business and other management consultancy · Aalst · since 2001
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Abbreviation of MARINE DIESEL SERVICE · Reparatie en onderhoud van civiele schepen · Evergem · since 2002
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Abbreviation of MDS-PROCONSULT · Computer programming · Mons · since 2013
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Investigation and private security services · since 2000
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Assenede · since 2017
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Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · since 2019
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Abbreviation of MDS ACCOUNTING · Certified accountants and tax accountants · Wemmel · since 2019
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Abbreviation of MDS – Imaging · Groothandel in sanitair · La Bruyère · since 2020
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General construction of residential buildings · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2020
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Roofing work · Zuienkerke · since 2021
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Abbreviation of MAISON DELPORTE · Retail sale of wines and spirits · Walcourt · since 2021
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Abbreviation of Marie de Schaetzen · General medical practice · Tervuren · since 2022
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Abbreviation of MARKET DIRECT DISTRIBUTION · Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Essen · since 2022
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Vervaardiging van machines en apparaten voor klimaatregeling, voor niet-huishoudelijk gebruik · since 2012
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Activities of building architects · Etterbeek · since 2012
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Abbreviation of LA MAISON DES SERVICES · Other social work without accommodation · Liège · since 2004
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Agents in the wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco · since 2005
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Abbreviation of asbl Maison du Développement durable · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 2008
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Abbreviation of Marsel Digital Solutions · Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Brugge · since 2024
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Dental practice · Dilbeek · since 2024
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Abbreviation of MDS SCHILDER- EN DECORATIEWERKEN · Painting of buildings · Knokke-Heist · since 2025
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General electrical installation work · since 2026
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Abbreviation of MBUETETE DIA SASSA · Sint-Agatha-Berchem · since 2026
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Abbreviation of Moby Dick Diving Team · Antwerpen · since 1977
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Name of an establishment of SGI · Insurance agents and brokers · Ath · since 2014
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Dental practice · Jurbise · since 2025
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Sports and recreation education · Zele · since 2023
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Machining of metals · Dendermonde · since 2009