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.
“MELIA”
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
32 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Name of E Laser · Beauty care and other beauty treatments · Kuurne · since 2022
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since 2023
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · since 2025
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Business and other management consultancy · Ramillies · since 2025
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2024
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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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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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Schaarbeek · since 2010
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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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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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Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 2001
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Gent · since 2013
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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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Buying and selling of own real estate · Waregem · since 2016
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Full-service restaurants · Oostende · since 2018
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Business and other management consultancy · Oudenaarde · since 2018
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Waterloo · since 2020
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Activities of lawyers · Schaarbeek · since 2021
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Perwez · since 2024
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Freight transport by road · Antwerpen · since 2011
Names that resemble it 25 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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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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Renting and leasing of sports and recreation goods · since 2026
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Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Hooglede · since 2020
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Sports and recreation education · since 2024
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Leuven · since 1981
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Other business support services · Gent · since 1993
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Hoogstraten · since 2001
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Name of an establishment · Business and other management consultancy · Mechelen · since 2014
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Psychology services · since 2015
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Event catering · since 2016
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Retail sale of footwear · Ukkel · 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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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Willebroek · since 2019
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Activities of holding companies · Heers · since 2020
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2009
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Leopoldsburg · since 2010
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Risk and damage evaluation · Gent · since 2010
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2012
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · since 2003
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Activities of holding companies · Wommelgem · since 2014
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Name of an establishment · Operation of sports facilities · Beyne-Heusay · since 2019