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.
“MECANORAMA”
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
3 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Evere · since 1996
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Wholesale of motor vehicle parts and accessories · Morlanwelz · since 1975
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Hotels and similar accommodation · Houffalize · since 1999
Names that resemble it 34 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Hem · since 1987
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Leuven · since 1999
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2016
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Painting of buildings · Schilde · since 2010
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Hamois · since 2016
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Development of non-residential building projects · Genk · since 2017
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Activities of holding companies · Leuven · since 1992
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Retail sale of prescription glasses, lenses and sunglasses · Oupeye · since 1992
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Zulte · since 1995
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Full-service restaurants · since 1995
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Antwerpen · since 2012
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2015
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Name of an establishment of BA Services · Removal services · Elsene · since 2017
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Cafés and bars · Turnhout · since 2018
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Hoeilaart · since 2018
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Full-service restaurants · since 1995
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Cafés and bars · since 1999
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Cafés and bars · Grâce-Hollogne · since 2020
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Name of an establishment of Citanam · Full-service restaurants · Namur · since 2021
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2023
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Full-service restaurants · since 1971
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Full-service restaurants · since 1976
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Cafés and bars · since 2018
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TOURCOING · since 2006
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Real estate agency activities · Brugge · since 2008
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Abbreviation of Cantavit Group · Other support activities for arts and performing arts · Aarschot · since 2011
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Other building finishing work · Hooglede · since 2018
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Brussel · since 2004
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Tubize · since 2025
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Machining of metals · Oudsbergen · since 2001
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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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Oostende · since 1935
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Cafés and bars · since 2014