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.
“MEDIA-COM”
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
13 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Retail sale of electrical household appliances · Herve · since 1981
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Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2002
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Installation of industrial machinery and equipment · since 1997
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Name of an establishment of ARIMMO · Retail sale of information and communication equipment · Baelen · since 2005
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Other sports activities · Trooz · since 2008
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Willebroek · since 1985
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Pre-press and pre-media services · Antwerpen · since 2007
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Business and other management consultancy · Keerbergen · since 2008
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Specialist medical practice · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2024
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Abbreviation of Internet Media and Cultural Association · Uitzenden van radioprogramma’s en distributie van audio · Zaventem · since 2022
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Soumagne · since 1990
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Other publishing activities, excluding software publishing · Eghezée · since 1993
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Schaarbeek · since 2023
Names that resemble it 51 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Antwerpen · since 1986
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Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · since 1997
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Tubize · since 2002
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Brussel · since 1981
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Advertising agencies · Rochefort · since 2000
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Wholesale of information and communication equipment · Brussel · since 2014
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · Herve · since 2015
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News agency activities · since 2017
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · since 2019
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2018
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Photography, excluding press photography · Diepenbeek · since 2019
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Other business support services · Braine-l'Alleud · since 2010
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Abbreviation of NET-MEASURE · Retail sale of information and communication equipment · Hoeilaart · since 2012
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Business and other management consultancy · Overijse · since 2003
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Groothandel in foto- en filmapparatuur en in andere optische artikelen · since 1983
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Computer programming · Grez-Doiceau · since 2004
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Advertising agencies · Oudergem · since 1972
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Advertising agencies · Spa · since 1995
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Other business support services · Fleurus · since 2001
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Advertising agencies · since 1992
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Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · since 2001
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · since 1998
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Vervaardiging van kabels van optische vezels · Andenne · since 2011
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2006
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Bosbouw en bosbouwactiviteiten · Couvin · since 2000
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2017
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2025
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Abbreviation of ASSOCIATION DES COMMERCANTS DU CENTRE COMMERCIAL ET DE LOISIRS MEDIACITE · Other support activities for arts and performing arts · Liège · since 2009
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News agency activities · Brasschaat · since 2005
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Other retail sale of new goods · Antwerpen · since 1976
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Agents in the wholesale of timber and building materials · Brussel · since 1979
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Vorst · since 1985
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Wholesale of information and communication equipment · Hoogstraten · since 1991
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Other legal services · Gent · since 1993
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Insurance agents and brokers · Vilvoorde · since 2002
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Wholesale of diamonds and other precious stones · since 1995
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Advertising agencies · since 1993
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Abbreviation of Media Music · Retail sale of other cultural and recreation goods · Ukkel · since 2011
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Name of an establishment of Real Universe · Repair and maintenance of computers and communication equipment · Antwerpen · since 2011
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2012
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Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2012
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Wholesale of pharmaceutical and medical goods · since 2004
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ecublens · since 2006
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General medical practice · Waterloo · since 2007
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Agents in the wholesale of timber and building materials · Brussel · since 2008
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Nursing and midwifery · Maaseik · since 2025
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Anderlecht · since 1985
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Name of an establishment of P&S TRADING BELGIUM · Other retail sale of new goods · Niel · since 2010
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Vertoning van films · Liège · since 2011
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Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · Evere · since 1993
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Abbreviation of Media Art · Visual arts creation · Ukkel · since 2014