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.
“MELSTEP”
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
2 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Malle · since 2000
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Market research and public opinion polling · Gent · since 2012
Names that resemble it 14 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Mechelen · since 1987
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Repair and maintenance of machinery · Lokeren · since 2015
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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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Abbreviation of NO HEADACHE · Vervaardiging van farmaceutische grondstoffen · Elsene · since 1986
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Abbreviation of Stichting Ergonomie en Preventie · Antwerpen · since 1989
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Abbreviation of Showtime Total Events and Productions · Holsbeek · since 1990
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Business and other management consultancy · Liège · since 2012
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Abbreviation of Support To Electoral Process · Schaarbeek · since 2015
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Business and other management consultancy · Berlare · since 2016
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Abbreviation of VZW STEP · Alken · since 2016
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Name of an establishment of SSM BALTEAU GALERE OREYE · Bouw van rioleringen · Sprimont · since 2026
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Full-service restaurants · Stavelot · since 2009