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.
“MENINA”
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
17 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Wholesale of non-electrical household articles · Comines-Warneton · since 1968
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Detailhandel in baby- en kinderbovenkleding · since 2023
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Retail sale of pharmaceutical products · Antwerpen · since 2024
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Real estate agency activities · Mechelen · since 2024
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Retail sale of footwear · Waregem · since 1988
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Abbreviation of MEDISCH LABO MEDINA · Medical imaging and medical laboratories · Dendermonde · since 1988
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Niet-gespecialiseerde groothandel in niet-diepgevroren voedingsmiddelen, dranken en genotmiddelen · Schaarbeek · since 1996
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Abbreviation of Mesure Financial Assets · Activities of holding companies · Gent · since 2014
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Full-service restaurants · since 2016
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Tremelo · since 2020
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Leuven · since 2022
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General medical practice · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2022
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Contract catering and other food service activities · since 2006
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General construction of residential buildings · Chapelle-lez-Herlaimont · since 2023
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Detailhandel in vlees van wild en van gevogelte · since 2024
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Abbreviation of Mechelse Fineerfabrieken · Mechelen · since 1964
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Abbreviation of MEDISCH LABO MEDINA · Dendermonde · since 1983
Names that resemble it 18 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Veurne · since 2012
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Full-service restaurants · Stabroek · since 2019
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Joinery installation · since 2025
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Activities of holding companies · Brecht · since 2020
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Other construction installation · Schaarbeek · since 2008
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Freight transport by road · Jette · since 2010
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Business and other management consultancy · Asse · since 2026
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Specialist medical practice · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 1998
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since 2022
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Physiotherapy · Wemmel · since 2021
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General electrical installation work · Tienen · since 2011
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since 2020
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Jeugdherbergen en jeugdverblijfcentra · Ieper · since 2004
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Other amusement and recreation activities · since 2023
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BRATISLAVA · since 2024
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Cafés and bars · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2025
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2025
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Detailhandel in glas-, porselein- en aardewerk en in niet-elektrische huishoudelijke artikelen · Charleroi · since 2021