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Compared with the KBO register · free

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.

“MEPLIS”

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

11 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • MEPLIS same name
    Other information service activities · Leuven · since 2015
  • Melis very similar
    Name of an establishment of MELIS EVENTS · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Dessel · since 1994
  • MELIS very similar
    Name of an establishment of BOXBERGER · Business and other management consultancy · Dessel · since 1995
  • MELIS very similar
    Nursing and midwifery · Machelen (Brab.) · since 2016
  • MELIS very similar
    Raising of dairy cattle · Balen · since 2008
  • MELIS very similar
    Roeselare · since 2012
  • MELIS (sole trader) very similar
    Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 2005
  • Melis very similar
    Computer programming · Knokke-Heist · since 2024
  • C.E.P.L.I.S. very similar
    Abbreviation of CONSEIL EUROPEEN DES PROFESSIONS LIBERALES · Activities of professional membership organisations · Elsene · since 2001
  • MELLIS very similar
    Groothandel in overig textiel · Nazareth-De Pinte · since 2008
  • Mobile food service activities · since 2026
Names that resemble it 4 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • MEPLA similar
    Machining of metals · Lommel · since 2023
  • MEPLE SA similar
    TOURVILLE · since 1998
  • MEPLAX similar
    Agents in the wholesale of timber and building materials · Hoogstraten · since 1992
  • MEPLAX BV similar
    Gilze · since 1995

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