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.
“MEMATI”
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
10 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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since 2006
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Activities of holding companies · Visé · since 2013
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Geraardsbergen · since 2016
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Business and other management consultancy · Roosdaal · since 2017
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Retail sale of chocolate and confectionery · Antwerpen · since 2011
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Haarlem · since 1968
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Development of residential building projects · Opwijk · since 2018
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Mortsel · since 2019
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Full-service restaurants · Charleroi · since 2023
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Heusden-Zolder · since 2024
Names that resemble it 17 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Erpe-Mere · since 1992
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Other postal and courier activities · Beernem · since 2016
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Office administrative and support services · since 2023
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Computer programming · Aartselaar · since 2019
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Other sports activities · since 2023
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Dendermonde · since 2023
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Rixensart · since 2024
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Repair and maintenance of machinery · Lokeren · since 2024
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Abbreviation of Mechlinia Marina Club · Activiteiten van watersportclubs · Zemst · since 2012
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Abbreviation of MISSION POUR L'EVANGELISATION ET LA MANIFESTATION DE L'AMOUR DE DIEU · Vorst · since 2019
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Freight transport by road · Wervik · since 2009
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Abbreviation of METIS Management en Advies · Other business support services · Sint-Martens-Latem · since 1974
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Middelkerke · since 2018
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Cafés and bars · Liège · since 2022
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Mettet · since 2007
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · since 2016
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Name of an establishment of DCgro · Other specialised construction activities · Kluisbergen · since 2017