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.
“MEKO”
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.
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Coating of metals · Oostende · since 1993
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Development of residential building projects · Harelbeke · since 2012
Names that resemble it 24 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2006
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Abbreviation of Multi Event Kust · Oostende · since 1989
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Full-service restaurants · Enghien · since 1990
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Abbreviation of JN Works · Support activities for animal production · Bornem · since 2002
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Antwerpen · since 2013
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Freight transport by road · Vilvoorde · since 2016
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Full-service restaurants · since 2021
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Herent · since 2022
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Development of residential building projects · Lummen · since 2004
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Retail sale of hardware, building materials, paint and glass (general range) · Antwerpen · since 2006
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Retail sale of antiques · since 2006
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2024
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Activities of holding companies · Evergem · since 2016
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Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2007
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Cafés and bars · Brussel · since 2026
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · since 2021
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Name of an establishment of ZAKENKANTOOR DERIEUW · Detailhandel in glas-, porselein- en aardewerk en in niet-elektrische huishoudelijke artikelen · Aalst · since 2010
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Vervaardiging van ijzer en staal en van ferrolegeringen · Wijnegem · since 1968
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Bricklaying and masonry work · Opwijk · since 2013
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Sports and recreation education · Antwerpen · since 2024
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since 1981
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Verwerking en afwerking van kunststofproducten · Hamme (Vl.) · since 1978
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Activities of holding companies · Knokke-Heist · since 2007
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Full-service restaurants · Bütgenbach · since 2017