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.
“MELSEL”
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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Freight transport by road · Brussel · since 2020
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Other business support services · since 2024
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Waterloo · since 2022
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Non-scheduled passenger transport by road · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2016
Names that resemble it 22 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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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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Paris · since 2016
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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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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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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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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Heuvelland · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of MY MELS · Wholesale of clothing, excluding workwear and underwear · Beernem · since 2015
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Abbreviation of Mels Ecologistic Services · Service activities incidental to land transportation · Hamme (Vl.) · since 2016
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Name of an establishment of SLEM · Wholesale of clothing, excluding workwear and underwear · Beernem · since 2021
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Retail sale of watches and jewellery · since 2023
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Waterloo · since 2009
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2009
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Pet care services, excluding veterinary services · since 2020
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Retail sale of other household articles · since 2018
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Full-service restaurants · Kraainem · since 2021
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Floor and wall tiling · since 2007
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Abbreviation of MISSION EVANGELIQUE CONTRE LA LEPRE - BELGIQUE FRANCO - ET GERMANOPHONE · Charleroi · since 2002
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Other amusement and recreation activities · since 2004
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Full-service restaurants · Stavelot · since 2009