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.
“MEL”
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
14 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Abbreviation of Maison des Etudiants liégeois · Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Liège · since 1998
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Paris · since 2016
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Abbreviation of MY EASY LIFE · Other business support services · Esneux · since 2019
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Joinery installation · since 2019
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Abbreviation of MAASLAND ECO? LOGISCH! · Kinrooi · since 2009
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Detailhandel in onderkleding, lingerie en strand- en badkleding · Lebbeke · since 2011
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2023
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Laarne · since 2025
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Heuvelland · since 2026
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Abbreviation of MISSION EVANGELIQUE CONTRE LA LEPRE - BELGIQUE FRANCO - ET GERMANOPHONE · Charleroi · since 2002
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Other amusement and recreation activities · since 2004
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Abbreviation of Leprazending-België · Anderlecht · since 1972
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 2017
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Retail sale of flowers, plants, seeds and fertilisers · Nazareth-De Pinte · since 2022
Names that resemble it 44 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Freight transport by road · Brussel · since 2020
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Full-service restaurants · Kraainem · since 2021
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Groothandel in suiker, chocolade en suikerwerk · Veurne · since 1971
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Brussel · since 1989
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Kruisem · since 1989
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Other education · since 2015
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Eeklo · since 2015
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Name of an establishment of MY MELS · Wholesale of clothing, excluding workwear and underwear · Beernem · since 2015
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Antwerpen · since 2016
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Abbreviation of Mels Ecologistic Services · Service activities incidental to land transportation · Hamme (Vl.) · since 2016
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Nazareth-De Pinte · since 2017
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2018
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Activities of holding companies · Antwerpen · since 2018
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Employment placement agencies · Lessines · since 2019
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Nursing and midwifery · Antwerpen · since 2020
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Name of an establishment of DREAM MA · Beauty care and other beauty treatments · Brasschaat · since 2020
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Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · since 2020
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Abbreviation of Mon école en ligne · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2020
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General medical practice · Schoten · since 2020
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Vermogensbeheer · Diepenbeek · since 2020
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Name of an establishment of SLEM · Wholesale of clothing, excluding workwear and underwear · Beernem · since 2021
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Groothandel in installatiemateriaal voor loodgieterswerk en verwarming · Sint-Truiden · since 2022
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Zwalm · since 2010
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Abbreviation of IMMOBILIERE DAMMAN · Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Froidchapelle · since 2007
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Nursing and midwifery · Roeselare · since 2024
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Vervaardiging van keukenmeubelen · Kortrijk · since 2024
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Activities of holding companies · Herzele · since 2024
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Socio-cultural adult education · since 2024
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Productie van elektriciteit uit hernieuwbare bronnen · since 2025
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Vermogensbeheer · Herk-de-Stad · since 2025
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Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2025
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General construction of residential buildings · Brussel · since 2026
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2016
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Business and other management consultancy · Hamont-Achel · since 1989
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Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Niklaas · since 2022
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Abbreviation of Gemengd Koor Melos · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2022
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Abbreviation of MELPOMENE · Elsene · since 2022
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Full-service restaurants · Brugge · since 2022
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Sint-Genesius-Rode · since 2004
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2024
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Pittem · since 1983
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Full-service restaurants · Maasmechelen · since 2015
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Full-service restaurants · Stavelot · since 2009
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Ternat · since 1989