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.
“ME-AR”
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
1 registered enterprise with a name easily confused with yours.
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Joinery installation · Antwerpen · since 2016
Names that resemble it 29 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Wholesale of machine tools · Evergem · since 1973
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Abbreviation of Mede-eigendom assistentie · since 2015
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Abbreviation of EVANGELISCHE MISSIE IN ACTIE · Sint-Pieters-Leeuw · since 2018
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Abbreviation of Mobius Effect · Liège · since 2019
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Business and other management consultancy · Esneux · since 2020
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Abbreviation of MENUISERIE EBENISTERIE ARNOULD · Joinery installation · Vresse-sur-Semois · since 2021
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Abbreviation of MOVEMENT EDUCATION ABILITY · Jette · since 2007
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Growing of vegetables, melons, roots and tubers · Pittem · since 2024
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Abbreviation of Maison d'espoir autisme · Vorst · since 2024
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Repair and maintenance of machinery · since 2025
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Retail sale of cosmetics and toilet articles · Verlaine · since 2026
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of MEDIA ADMINISTRATION CENTER · Advertising agencies · Deinze · since 1988
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Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Roosdaal · since 1988
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Hoeilaart · since 1995
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Non-scheduled passenger transport by road · Gent · since 2014
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Abbreviation of Mission de l'Eglise Apostolique Belge · Anderlecht · since 2017
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Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Ledegem · since 2021
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2024
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Abbreviation of Microwave Energy Applications Management · Market research and public opinion polling · Houthalen-Helchteren · since 2022
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Abbreviation of Maison d'enfants Amatha Assistance · Anderlecht · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · Wavre · since 2011
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Abbreviation of MEAM Holding · Vervaardiging van machines voor de productie van voedings- en genotmiddelen · Herent · since 2011
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Launderettes and laundries for private customers · Waterloo · since 2011
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Operation of sports facilities · Lontzen · since 2005
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Abbreviation of MIVED Europe Assemblée de Belgique · Liège · since 2025
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2026
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · since 2010
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Andenne · since 2023