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.
“MECADIS”
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
7 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Vervaardiging van elektrische en elektronische benodigdheden voor motorvoertuigen · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 1995
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Malmedy · since 2023
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Repair and maintenance of machinery · Destelbergen · since 2025
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Name of an establishment of OPENLANE Europe · Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Tienen · since 2004
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Nieuw-Vennep · since 1982
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Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 2007
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Châtelet · since 1987
Names that resemble it 23 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Other printing · Leuze-en-Hainaut · since 2004
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · since 2018
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Machining of metals · Oudsbergen · since 2001
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Abbreviation of FEDERATION OF MANYU ELITE CULTURAL ASSOCIATIONS IN BELGIUM · Gent · since 2001
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Abbreviation of Massage and Energetic Cares Association · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2018
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Name of an establishment of MECA-WELDING · Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Ranst · since 2019
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Other personal services · since 2020
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Vervaardiging van farmaceutische grondstoffen · since 1997
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Manufacture of dining room, living room, bedroom and bathroom furniture · Dilsen-Stokkem · since 1978
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Oudergem · since 1989
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Agents in the wholesale of industrial machinery, ships and aircraft · Kontich · since 1996
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Abbreviation of MEDITERRANEAN DISTRIBUTION NETWORK · Vorst · since 2013
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Full-service restaurants · since 2025
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Abbreviation of MEDICAL IMAGING SPECIALIST · Medical imaging and medical laboratories · Charleroi · since 2021
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Colfontaine · since 2021
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Jette · since 2010
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Abbreviation of Cantavit Group · Other support activities for arts and performing arts · Aarschot · since 2011
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Abbreviation of MANYU ELEMENTS CULTURAL AND DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION ANTWERP · Antwerpen · since 2012
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2025
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Name of an establishment of MADI'S SSSPJ · Full-service restaurants · Malmedy · since 2025
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Name of an establishment of TW FASHION · Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Charleroi · since 2025
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Full-service restaurants · since 2026
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General construction of other non-residential buildings · Modave · since 1988