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.
“MEDU”
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
1 registered enterprise with a name easily confused with yours.
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Full-service restaurants · Mechelen · since 2025
Names that resemble it 48 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Putte · since 2012
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Estaimpuis · since 2013
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General electrical installation work · since 2014
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · Grimbergen · since 2016
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · since 2017
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Sawmilling and planing of wood · since 2018
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Day spas, saunas and steam baths · since 2018
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Vermogensbeheer · Balen · since 2012
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Abbreviation of MED CONSTRUCT · Other specialised construction activities · Fleurus · since 2020
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Specialist medical practice · Libramont-Chevigny · since 2020
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Name of an establishment of VENUS DOOM TATTOO · Tattoo and piercing services · Malmedy · since 2021
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Abbreviation of Medusa OffSpace · Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2022
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Cultural education · Brussel · since 2022
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · since 2000
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Cafés and bars · since 2009
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Vermogensbeheer · Schoten · since 2024
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Cafés and bars · since 2025
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Activities of holding companies · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2025
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Name of an establishment of V16 & CO · Full-service restaurants · Oostende · since 2025
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Name of an establishment of MALUB · Full-service restaurants · Zaventem · since 2026
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Hairdressing and barber services · Herselt · since 2026
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Activities of holding companies · Veurne · since 2014
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Other education · since 2010
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Ronse · since 2006
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General medical practice · Gent · since 2025
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Knokke-Heist · since 1983
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Asse · since 1987
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Mechelen · since 1989
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Activities of building architects · Mons · since 1994
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Aarschot · since 1997
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2000
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Other postal and courier activities · Vorst · since 2002
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Nursing and midwifery · since 2024
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2021
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Specialist medical practice · Sint-Genesius-Rode · since 2022
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Westerlo · since 2011
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Cafés and bars · since 2011
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Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · Zaventem · since 2024
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Activities of head offices · Deinze · since 2025
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Turnhout · since 2012
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Groothandel in machines voor de textielindustrie en in naai- en breimachines · Verviers · since 2016
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Other education · Vilvoorde · since 2019
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Vocational training · since 2024
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Chaumont-Gistoux · since 2026
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Gent · since 1996
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Schoten · since 1997
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Other business support services · Lommel · since 2022
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Name of an establishment of JESD INVEST · General electrical installation work · Damme · since 2011