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.
“MEDRAD”
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
9 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Specialist medical practice · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2024
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Kontich · since 1985
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Specialist medical practice · Keerbergen · since 2022
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General medical practice · Lasne · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of BVD · Full-service restaurants · Mechelen · since 2019
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Gent · since 2010
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Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · since 1995
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Specialist medical practice · Malmedy · since 2022
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Braine-l'Alleud · since 2004
Names that resemble it 8 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Elsene · since 1997
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Merelbeke · since 1968
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Abbreviation of Mechelse Drukkerijen - Imprimeries Malinoises · Drukken van dagbladen · Mechelen · since 1931
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Specialist medical practice · Esneux · since 2017
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General medical practice · Rixensart · since 1993
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Steenokkerzeel · since 2018
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Mons · since 2009
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Specialist medical practice · Brussel · since 2025