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.
“MEDIFORGE”
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
4 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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General medical practice · Chimay · since 2022
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Wholesale of pharmaceutical and medical goods · since 2007
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Day spas, saunas and steam baths · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2000
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Temporary employment agencies and other provision of personnel · Antwerpen · since 2024
Names that resemble it 11 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Zaventem · since 2011
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Other research and development on natural sciences · Thuin · since 2006
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Podiatry and foot care · since 2016
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Dendermonde · since 2023
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Wholesale of electrical household appliances and audio-video equipment · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 1987
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Kortrijk · since 2018
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Activities of holding companies · Gent · since 2022
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Vervaardiging van gegolfd papier, golfkarton en verpakkingsmateriaal van papier en karton · since 2018
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2000
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2021
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Cafés and bars · since 2011