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.
“MELLE”
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
15 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Other retail sale of food · since 1989
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Sint-Martens-Latem · since 2026
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Detailhandel in babyartikelen (algemeen assortiment) · since 2019
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Leuven · since 2020
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Literary creation · since 2026
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Event catering · Soumagne · since 2021
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Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · since 2010
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Retail sale of women's outerwear · since 1976
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Sports and recreation education · since 2026
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Hamme (Vl.) · since 1997
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Other manufacturing not elsewhere classified · since 2021
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Full-service restaurants · Mortsel · since 2023
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Wholesale of clothing, excluding workwear and underwear · since 2025
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Oudenaarde · since 2025
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Insulation installation · since 2016
Names that resemble it 43 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2018
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2021
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Name of an establishment of EVENTUALLY · Detailhandel in herenbovenkleding · Waterloo · since 2017
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Vervaardiging van zeep en wasmiddelen · since 2019
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Property management for co-owned buildings (syndics) · Heuvelland · since 2020
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Business and other management consultancy · Kortrijk · since 2009
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2024
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Nursing and midwifery · since 2024
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since 2021
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Retail sale of women's outerwear · Lennik · since 2013
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2020
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2025
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Hairdressing and barber services · Leuven · since 2004
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · Aalst · since 2023
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Event catering · since 2026
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Retail sale of other sporting goods · Koksijde · since 2002
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Activities of holding companies · Waregem · since 2016
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Waasmunster · since 2019
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2026
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Manufacture of dining room, living room, bedroom and bathroom furniture · since 2021
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Activities of holding companies · Berlaar · since 2021
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Full-service restaurants · Namur · since 2022
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Wholesale of information and communication equipment · Zonhoven · since 2022
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Zottegem · since 2023
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of YesWeCan · Retail sale of women's outerwear · Elsene · since 2012
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Activities of holding companies · Nazareth-De Pinte · since 2006
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Tienen · since 2006
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Production of cinema films · since 2007
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Groothandel in overig textiel · Nazareth-De Pinte · since 2008
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Day spas, saunas and steam baths · since 2024
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2024
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Agents in the wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco · Villers-le-Bouillet · since 2026
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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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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2014
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Joinery installation · since 2019
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Other education · since 1996
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Detailhandel in onderkleding, lingerie en strand- en badkleding · Lebbeke · since 2011
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Public relations and communication consultancy · since 2012
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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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Retail sale of women's outerwear · Brasschaat · since 2026
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Abbreviation of MISSION EVANGELIQUE CONTRE LA LEPRE - BELGIQUE FRANCO - ET GERMANOPHONE · Charleroi · since 2002