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.
“MECREA”
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
8 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Business and other management consultancy · Wortegem-Petegem · since 2011
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Abbreviation of MISSION EVANGELIQUE CHRIST RESTAURATEUR · Elsene · since 2002
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Antwerpen · since 2026
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Business and other management consultancy · Riemst · since 2011
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Abbreviation of European Communication Research and Education Association · Activities of professional membership organisations · Charleroi · since 2000
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Gistel · since 2018
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Vorst · since 2012
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Other amusement and recreation activities · since 2025
Names that resemble it 19 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of MEDICAL ELECTRONIC CONSTRUCTION RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT · Manufacture of medical and dental instruments and supplies · Fosses-la-Ville · since 1997
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Abbreviation of ministère évangélique christ est la réponse · Arlon · since 2005
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Activities of holding companies · Boom · since 2018
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Design of textile patterns, clothing, jewellery, furniture and decorative items · since 2026
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Pig breeding farms · Kortrijk · since 2026
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Ranst · since 2003
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Machining of metals · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Tienen · since 1989
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General construction of residential buildings · Assesse · since 1990
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Abbreviation of Centre de Recherches et d'Etudes Astrologiques · Etterbeek · since 1989
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 1993
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Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 1997
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Abbreviation of CREA Consulting · Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Gembloux · since 2019
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2007
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Groothandel in bloemen en planten · Knokke-Heist · since 2020
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Activities of interior architects · since 2009
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Abbreviation of CENTRE DE RECHERCHE D 'EVALUATION ET D'ACTIONS · Schaarbeek · since 2005
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Real estate agency activities · Brussel · since 2024
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Abbreviation of Complex and Rare Epilepsies Alliance · Ukkel · since 2025