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.
“MEATINVENT”
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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Public relations and communication consultancy · Ieper · since 2008
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Berlaar · since 2019
Names that resemble it 15 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Name of an establishment of DEMIRAL · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Schaarbeek · since 1994
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Full-service restaurants · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of AR · Day spas, saunas and steam baths · Jette · since 2024
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Name of an establishment of TASTE ME · Full-service restaurants · Mouscron · since 2019
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · Deerlijk · since 2021
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Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · since 2017
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Name of an establishment of ESLILA · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Westerlo · since 2020
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Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · since 2021
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Vervaardiging van andere producten van kunststof · Sint-Gillis-Waas · since 1980
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Waterloo · since 1983
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Other specialised design activities · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of Q-ESSENCE · Other technical testing and analysis · Lier · since 2009
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Computer programming · since 2024
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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 meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Ledegem · since 2021