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.
“MELI”
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
4 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Groothandel in suiker, chocolade en suikerwerk · Veurne · since 1971
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Nursing and midwifery · Roeselare · since 2024
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Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2025
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Schaarbeek · since 2010
Names that resemble it 59 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Name of an establishment of MELIS EVENTS · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Dessel · since 1994
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Name of an establishment of BOXBERGER · Business and other management consultancy · Dessel · since 1995
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Gent · since 2013
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Nursing and midwifery · Machelen (Brab.) · since 2016
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Luxembourg · since 2016
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Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · since 2017
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · Kuurne · since 2022
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Full-service restaurants · Brugge · since 2022
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Raising of dairy cattle · Balen · since 2008
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Activities of holding companies · Grimbergen · since 2009
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Roeselare · since 2012
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Business and other management consultancy · Westerlo · since 2004
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 2005
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since 2023
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Web portal activities · since 2026
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Computer programming · Knokke-Heist · since 2024
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Other business support services · Manage · since 2026
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Leuven · since 1981
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Other business support services · Gent · since 1993
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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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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Thimister-Clermont · since 1999
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Hoogstraten · since 2001
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Gent · since 2013
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Business and other management consultancy · Mechelen · since 2014
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Psychology services · since 2015
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Business and other management consultancy · Aarschot · since 2015
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Name of an establishment of SULOSA · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Kruisem · since 2016
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Event catering · since 2016
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Paris · since 2016
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Waregem · since 2016
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Plumbing work · Schaarbeek · since 2016
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Activities of holding companies · Damme · since 2017
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Abbreviation of Ambachtelijke Imkerij Melico · Pelt · since 2018
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Kontich · since 2018
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Business and other management consultancy · Oudenaarde · 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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Activities of holding companies · Heers · since 2020
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Service activities incidental to land transportation · Herzele · since 2021
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Leuven · since 2022
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Repair and maintenance of computers and communication equipment · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2009
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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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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · since 2003
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Colfontaine · since 2006
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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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Business and other management consultancy · Ramillies · since 2025
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Walcourt · since 2025
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2026
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Name of an establishment · Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Heuvelland · since 2026
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Business and other management consultancy · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2026
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Cafés and bars · Boom · since 2016
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Abbreviation of MISSION EVANGELIQUE CONTRE LA LEPRE - BELGIQUE FRANCO - ET GERMANOPHONE · Charleroi · since 2002
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Name of an establishment · Activities of holding companies · Wommelgem · since 2014
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Retail sale of other cultural and recreation goods · Elsene · since 2015
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Freight transport by road · Antwerpen · since 2011
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Other amusement and recreation activities · since 2004