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.
“MEPLA”
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
13 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Machining of metals · Lommel · since 2023
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Agents in the wholesale of timber and building materials · Hoogstraten · since 1992
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Gilze · since 1995
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TOURVILLE · since 1998
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Retail sale of pharmaceutical products · Dour · since 1992
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Activities of holding companies · Anderlecht · since 1995
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Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 2015
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Ravels · since 2016
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Personenvervoer door de lucht · Denderleeuw · since 2021
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Retail sale of wines and spirits · Gent · since 2025
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Sports and recreation education · since 2026
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Antwerpen · since 1981
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Vilvoorde · since 1989
Names that resemble it 15 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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10117 BERLIN · since 2018
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Gent · since 2023
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STRAUBING · since 2025
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Other information service activities · Leuven · since 2015
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Abbreviation of MAISON à ENERGIE POSITIVE · Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Engis · since 1986
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Name of an establishment of CONSTRUCTION METALLIQUE TONERO MARCO · Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Dour · since 1992
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Abbreviation of Metteurs en pièces · Vorst · since 2017
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Abbreviation of MANAGEMENT EFFICIENCY PROCESS · Activities of holding companies · Jalhay · since 2019
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General electrical installation work · since 2022
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Abbreviation of Mission Evangélique Péniel · Hannut · since 2012
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Wholesale of beverages, general range · Sint-Truiden · since 2007
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Other software publishing · Leuven · since 2021
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Repair and maintenance of other personal and household goods · Vilvoorde · since 1969
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Abbreviation of ADit!, · Advertising agencies · Gent · since 1998
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Full-service restaurants · Brussel · since 2016