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.
“MENESA”
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
9 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Retail sale of second-hand clothing · Elsene · since 2016
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Sint-Truiden · since 2000
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Tienen · since 2008
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Verhuur en exploitatie van terreinen · Gent · since 1992
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Abbreviation of BEOG NEERA DE SABOU · Other amusement and recreation activities · Antwerpen · since 2015
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Visual arts creation · since 2017
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Pet care services, excluding veterinary services · Liège · since 2004
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Kortrijk · since 2025
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General cleaning of buildings · Gent · since 2026
Names that resemble it 15 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1994
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Vervaardiging van andere machines voor specifieke doeleinden n.e.g. · since 2001
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Abbreviation of La Mission Evangelique Le Salut des Ames · Brugge · since 2015
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Media representation · Schilde · since 2022
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Hoegaarden · since 2024
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Physiotherapy · Juprelle · since 2026
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Liège · since 2011
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Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Genesius-Rode · since 2013
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Public relations and communication consultancy · since 2018
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Pet care services, excluding veterinary services · since 2015
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · since 2010
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Demolition · Grez-Doiceau · since 2006
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Activities of head offices · Sint-Niklaas · since 2024
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Advertising agencies · since 2026
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Maaseik · since 1988