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.
“MELLIN”
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
30 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Tienen · since 2006
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Plumbing work · Juprelle · since 1999
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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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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 2013
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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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Full-service restaurants · Mortsel · since 2023
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Groothandel in overig textiel · Nazareth-De Pinte · since 2008
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Elsene · since 1991
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Edegem · since 1994
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Full-service restaurants · Chaudfontaine · since 2002
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Other business support services · since 2015
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Nijlen · since 2015
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Activities of holding companies · Waregem · since 2016
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Waasmunster · since 2019
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Tienen · since 2019
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Other postal and courier activities · Grobbendonk · since 2021
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Vermogensbeheer · Houthalen-Helchteren · since 2022
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Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · Antwerpen · since 2010
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Name of an establishment of JIA SHENG · Full-service restaurants · Torhout · since 2011
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Full-service restaurants · since 1981
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Detailhandel in vis en schaal- en weekdieren · Nieuwpoort · since 2003
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Activities of building architects · since 2004
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Activities of holding companies · Nazareth-De Pinte · since 2006
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Production of cinema films · since 2007
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2024
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Specialist medical practice · Bernissart · since 2026
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Brussel · since 1986
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Name of an establishment · Cafés and bars · Anderlecht · since 2018
Names that resemble it 29 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Hairdressing and barber services · Holsbeek · since 2002
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2018
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2022
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General medical practice · Wellin · since 2023
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Detailhandel in babyartikelen (algemeen assortiment) · Edegem · since 2024
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2026
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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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Sports and recreation education · since 2026
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Other retail sale of new goods · since 1989
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Podiatry and foot care · since 2026
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Raising of other animals · since 2018
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Abbreviation of vzw Mellifera · Instandhouding, restauratie en andere ondersteunende activiteiten voor cultureel erfgoed · Diepenbeek · since 2019
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Real estate agency activities · since 2022
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Verenigingen op het vlak van milieu en mobiliteit · Chimay · since 2004
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Honnelles · since 2008
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Business and other management consultancy · Koksijde · since 2026
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Retail sale of other sporting goods · Koksijde · since 2002
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Retail sale of footwear · Ukkel · since 2016
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Name of an establishment · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Leuven · since 2020
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Tremelo · since 2020
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Manufacture of dining room, living room, bedroom and bathroom furniture · since 2021
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Name of an establishment · Service activities incidental to land transportation · Herzele · 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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Leuven · since 2022
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Name of an establishment of YesWeCan · Retail sale of women's outerwear · Elsene · since 2012
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Agents in the wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco · Villers-le-Bouillet · since 2026
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Insulation installation · since 2016