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.
“MERALYS”
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
3 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Business and other management consultancy · Heusden-Zolder · since 2018
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Coating of metals · Kruisem · since 1973
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Dental practice · Seneffe · since 2008
Names that resemble it 25 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Business and other management consultancy · Brussel · since 2022
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2018
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Other construction installation · Hasselt · since 2010
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Gent · since 2010
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2005
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2025
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Charleroi · since 1988
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Vervaardiging van kantoor- en winkelmeubelen · since 1996
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Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · Heusden-Zolder · since 2019
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Activiteiten van bejaardenzorg aan huis, muv (thuis)verpleging · since 2026
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Retail sale of chocolate and confectionery · since 2020
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Detailhandel in overig textiel · Brugge · since 2023
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Other information service activities · Mechelen · since 1977
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Vervaardiging van andere machines voor specifieke doeleinden n.e.g. · Brasschaat · since 2016
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Knokke-Heist · since 2017
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Antwerpen · since 2018
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Retail sale of women's outerwear · Brussel · since 2018
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Name of an establishment of BVD · Full-service restaurants · Mechelen · since 2019
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Retail sale of watches and jewellery · Genk · since 2020
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Travel agency activities · Anderlecht · since 2021
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Laarne · since 2022
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Name of an establishment of RDB Corporation · Retail sale of chocolate and confectionery · Gent · since 2022
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Gent · since 2010
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Hulshout · since 2007
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Namur · since 1987