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.
“MELA”
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
5 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Nazareth-De Pinte · since 2017
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Name of an establishment of DREAM MA · Beauty care and other beauty treatments · Brasschaat · since 2020
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Vermogensbeheer · Diepenbeek · since 2020
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Activities of holding companies · Herzele · since 2024
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Pittem · since 1983
Names that resemble it 50 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Other membership organisations · Gent · since 1955
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Abbreviation of MEETJESLAND AUTORUITEN · General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Maldegem · since 1999
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Neupré · since 2013
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since 2020
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Agents and managers of artists, athletes and other public figures · Bekkevoort · since 2021
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Genk · since 2023
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Activities of lawyers · Elsene · since 2026
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Maldegem · since 2026
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Sports and recreation education · since 2026
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Kippenkwekerijen · Houthulst · since 1969
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Real estate agency activities · Antwerpen · since 1987
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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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Groothandel in suiker, chocolade en suikerwerk · Alken · since 1999
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Mixed farming · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2016
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Paris · since 2016
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Support activities for crop production · Destelbergen · since 2018
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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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General medical practice · Verviers · since 2024
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Literary creation · Diest · since 2024
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Retail sale of women's outerwear · Liège · since 2024
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Kortrijk · since 2025
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Laarne · since 2025
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2025
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Heuvelland · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of MUMÉLA · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Musson · since 2026
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Freight transport by road · Torhout · since 1967
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Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 1996
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Anderlecht · since 2012
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Day nurseries and crèches · Sint-Agatha-Berchem · since 2013
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Inland freight water transport · since 1993
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Mol · since 2015
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Leuven · since 2017
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Other membership organisations · Puurs-Sint-Amands · since 2019
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Wholesale of motor vehicle parts and accessories · Momignies · since 2020
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Business and other management consultancy · Kortrijk · since 2020
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Kapelle-op-den-Bos · since 2020
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Name of an establishment · Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Sint-Pieters-Leeuw · since 2020
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Name of an establishment · Handelsbemiddeling in de groothandel in brandstoffen, ertsen, metalen en chemische producten · Turnhout · since 2020
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Office administrative and support services · Gent · since 2023
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Freight transport by road · Haaltert · since 2010
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Public relations and communication consultancy · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of ALKIM ONE · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · La Louvière · since 2026
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Name of an establishment · General construction of residential buildings · Brussel · since 2026
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Abbreviation of MISSION EVANGELIQUE CONTRE LA LEPRE - BELGIQUE FRANCO - ET GERMANOPHONE · Charleroi · since 2002
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Roofing work · Antwerpen · since 2020
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Other amusement and recreation activities · since 2004