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.
“MELARD”
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
8 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Real estate agency activities · Antwerpen · since 1987
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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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Literary creation · Diest · since 2024
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2021
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2014
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since 2010
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Abbreviation of ASSOCIATION EUROPEENNE LEADER POUR LE DEVELOPPEMENT RURAL · Wemmel · since 2009
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Vervaardiging van beddengoed, tafellinnen en textielwaren voor huishoudelijk gebruik · since 2016
Names that resemble it 29 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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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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Computer programming · since 2026
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Land surveying · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 1986
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Renting and leasing of other personal and household goods · Laarne · since 1996
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Other membership organisations · Gent · since 1955
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Groothandel in verlichtingsapparatuur · Hoogstraten · since 1996
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Business and other management consultancy · 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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since 2000
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Kippenkwekerijen · Houthulst · since 1969
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Groothandel in suiker, chocolade en suikerwerk · Alken · since 1999
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Verhuur en exploitatie van terreinen · since 1995
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Mixed farming · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2016
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Support activities for crop production · Destelbergen · since 2018
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Full-service restaurants · Namur · since 2022
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Groothandel in overig textiel · Anderlecht · since 2011
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Retail sale of women's outerwear · Liège · since 2024
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2025
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Nursing and midwifery · since 2017
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · since 2009
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Pittem · since 1983
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Roofing work · Antwerpen · since 2020