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.
“MESSEC”
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
2 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Beveiligingsactiviteiten, n.e.g. · Ronse · since 2021
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Moerdijk · since 2010
Names that resemble it 14 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · since 2021
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Algemeen onderhoud en reparatie van overige motorvoertuigen (> 3,5 ton) · since 2004
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Full-service restaurants · Etterbeek · since 2005
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Cafés and bars · Brugge · since 2023
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Other financial services · Hamme (Vl.) · since 2026
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Construction of utility projects for electricity and telecommunications · since 2023
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2021
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Overige vrachtbehandeling, exclusief in zeehavens · Grimbergen · since 2023
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Advertising agencies · since 1989
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Business and other management consultancy · Boechout · since 2007
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Investigation and private security services · Antwerpen · since 2006
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Joinery installation · Izegem · since 2022
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Vermogensbeheer · Kasterlee · since 2015
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Ukkel · since 2006