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.
“MEBALA”
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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Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 2021
Names that resemble it 11 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Antwerpen · since 1972
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Abbreviation of EUROPEAN DIGITAL TACHOGRAPH CARDS ANALYSIS ASSOCIATION · Brussel · since 2009
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Groothandel in aanhangwagens, opleggers en caravans · Anderlecht · since 2005
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Abbreviation of MECHELMANS-BAERTS · Mixed farming · Herk-de-Stad · since 2008
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Brasschaat · since 1994
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Construction of utility projects for electricity and telecommunications · Genk · since 2022
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Construction of roads and motorways · Zele · since 2019
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Lille · since 2023
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Abbreviation of BELGIAN ASSOCIATION OF LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS · Etterbeek · since 1935
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Other education · since 2020
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Detailhandel in zuivelproducten en eieren · Gent · since 2004