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.
“MEFAD”
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
7 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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General construction of residential buildings · Mechelen · since 2021
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Abbreviation of Mission Evangélique Tabernacle de Dieu · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2013
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Abbreviation of MISSION POUR L'EVANGELISATION ET LA MANIFESTATION DE L'AMOUR DE DIEU · Vorst · since 2019
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Name of an establishment of BVD · Full-service restaurants · Mechelen · since 2019
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Wingene · since 2022
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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
Names that resemble it 5 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of Médecins de famille de Soignies · Soignies · since 1988
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Name of an establishment of Heirman Logistics · Other business support services · Dendermonde · since 2002
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Name of an establishment of MEFACO INTERNATIONAL · Groothandel in ijzerwaren · Lokeren · since 2010
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Liège · since 1985
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Abbreviation of Madina Exotic Food · Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · Anderlecht · since 2022