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Compared with the KBO register · free

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.

“MEDIACTIVITE”

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

2 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

Names that resemble it 18 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • MEDIACITE similar
    Abbreviation of ASSOCIATION DES COMMERCANTS DU CENTRE COMMERCIAL ET DE LOISIRS MEDIACITE · Other support activities for arts and performing arts · Liège · since 2009
  • Other amusement and recreation activities · Thimister-Clermont · since 1997
  • MEDIACTIEF similar
    Pre-press and pre-media services · Gent · since 1997
  • MEDIACTIONS similar
    Floreffe · since 2003
  • Activit-E similar
    Operation of sports facilities · Andenne · since 2018
  • MEDIACTA similar
    Other business support services · Braine-l'Alleud · since 2010
  • MEDITE similar
    General medical practice · Temse · since 2018
  • MEDIAC similar
    Abbreviation of Internet Media and Cultural Association · Uitzenden van radioprogramma’s en distributie van audio · Zaventem · since 2022
  • Media similar
    Brussel · since 1981
  • @ - MEDIA similar
    Advertising agencies · Rochefort · since 2000
  • News agency activities · since 2017
  • On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · since 2019
  • Photography, excluding press photography · since 2018
  • ME-DIA similar
    Photography, excluding press photography · Diepenbeek · since 2019
  • Me-Dia similar
    Abbreviation of NET-MEASURE · Retail sale of information and communication equipment · Hoeilaart · since 2012
  • MEDIA + similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Overijse · since 2003
  • Groothandel in foto- en filmapparatuur en in andere optische artikelen · since 1983
  • MEDI-A similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Anderlecht · since 1985

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