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.
“MELIS”
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
38 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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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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Nursing and midwifery · Machelen (Brab.) · since 2016
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Raising of dairy cattle · Balen · since 2008
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Roeselare · since 2012
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 2005
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Computer programming · Knokke-Heist · since 2024
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Gent · since 2013
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2012
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Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 2004
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Groothandel in overig textiel · Nazareth-De Pinte · since 2008
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Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2013
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Physiotherapy · since 2020
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Public relations and communication consultancy · since 2025
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2024
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Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · since 1989
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Dental practice · since 2016
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Luxembourg · since 2016
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Cafés and bars · Boom · since 2016
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since 2012
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Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · since 2017
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Mixed farming · since 1993
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Other educational support services · since 2018
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Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2019
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Fitness centres · since 2021
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Full-service restaurants · Brugge · since 2022
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since 2025
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Activities of lawyers · since 2005
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Activities of holding companies · Grimbergen · since 2009
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General electrical installation work · since 2010
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Schaarbeek · since 2010
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Plumbing work · since 2011
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Business and other management consultancy · Westerlo · since 2004
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since 2023
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Name of an establishment · Other business support services · Manage · since 2026
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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
Names that resemble it 22 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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Event catering · Wijnegem · since 1994
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Brussel · since 1995
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Sint-Niklaas · since 1997
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2018
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Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · since 2019
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Full-service restaurants · Lier · since 2022
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Name of an establishment of MMANS SERVICES · General construction of residential buildings · Wemmel · since 2023
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2009
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Business and other management consultancy · Schoten · since 2006
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2024
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Other legal services · Sint-Martens-Latem · since 2025
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Nursing and midwifery · Lubbeek · since 2026
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Wholesale of pharmaceutical and medical goods · Evere · since 1961
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2019
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Business and other management consultancy · Jabbeke · since 2020
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Employment placement agencies · Kampenhout · since 2022
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Nivelles · since 1985
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Full-service restaurants · Riemst · since 2018
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Retail sale of cosmetics and toilet articles · since 2020