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Compared with the KBO register · free

Type the name you want to use. You see at once whether an active company already has the same or a similar name, and whether it works in your sector.

“MELDEX”

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.

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Same or very similar names

5 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • MELDEX same name
    Activities of holding companies · Lommel · since 2013
  • Medex very similar
    Abbreviation of Musée éphémère de l'Exil · Elsene · since 2014
  • MELEX very similar
    Other information service activities · Les Bons Villers · since 2021
  • MedEX very similar
    Other research and development on natural sciences · Leuven · since 2022
  • MALDEX very similar
    Manufacture of other builders' carpentry and joinery · Evergem · since 1977
Names that resemble it 10 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • Sole trader similar
    Other education · since 2015
  • M.E.L.D. similar
    Abbreviation of IMMOBILIERE DAMMAN · Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Froidchapelle · since 2007
  • Sole trader similar
    Pet care services, excluding veterinary services · since 2023
  • Sole trader similar
    Sports and recreation education · since 2025
  • MELDA similar
    General cleaning of buildings · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 2003
  • MELDI similar
    Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Houthulst · since 2018
  • Melda similar
    Andere drinkgelegenheden · Dessel · since 2020
  • MEL DENTAL similar
    Dental practice · Mons · since 2025
  • MELDOC similar
    Vermogensbeheer · Lummen · since 2017
  • MELDAR similar
    General construction of residential buildings · Anderlecht · since 2023

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. A name can be free in the register and still be protected as a trademark. Trademarks are searched in the 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.

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