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.
“METALAP”
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
5 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Mixed farming · Meix-devant-Virton · since 2026
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Wholesale of machine tools · Antwerpen · since 1980
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Name of an establishment of LINGENOYEN · Groothandel in reinigingsmiddelen · Bornem · since 1989
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Activities of head offices · Wortegem-Petegem · since 2010
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General cleaning of buildings · Brugge · since 2024
Names that resemble it 51 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Machining of metals · Mouscron · since 2024
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Machining of metals · since 2026
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Machining of metals · since 2025
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · since 2003
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FRIBOURG · since 2025
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Retail sale of hardware, building materials, paint and glass (general range) · Opwijk · since 1981
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Machining of metals · Berlaar · since 2001
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Bewerken van metaal en poedermetallurgie · Houthalen-Helchteren · since 2013
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · since 2016
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General construction of residential buildings · Hamme (Vl.) · since 2018
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · since 2021
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · since 2024
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Mouscron · since 2025
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Machining of metals · Namur · since 2025
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Diksmuide · since 2026
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Coating of metals · Kruisem · since 1973
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Coating of metals · Lummen · since 1979
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Bouillon · since 1984
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Andenne · since 1985
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Wholesale of electrical household appliances and audio-video equipment · Oostrozebeke · since 1986
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Vervaardiging van gegolfd papier, golfkarton en verpakkingsmateriaal van papier en karton · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 1990
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Veurne · since 1996
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Trade name of Metalight · Groothandel in verlichtingsapparatuur · Herentals · since 2014
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Machining of metals · since 1992
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Business and other management consultancy · Mechelen · since 2018
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Gembloux · since 2018
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Vermogensbeheer · Middelkerke · since 2016
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Lokeren · since 2021
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Materials recovery from waste · Zwevegem · since 2022
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2009
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Manufacture of other builders' carpentry and joinery · Namur · since 2010
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Other specialised construction activities · Aiseau-Presles · since 2011
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Machining of metals · since 2004
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since 1968
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Business and other management consultancy · Nazareth-De Pinte · since 2025
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Machining of metals · since 2026
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Abbreviation of Werkgemeenschap META · Antwerpen · since 1976
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Schilde · since 1984
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Abbreviation of Vrij Vorsings- en Vormingscentrum Meta · Hemiksem · since 1986
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Kinrooi · since 1993
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Activities of holding companies · Sint-Martens-Latem · since 2000
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Name of an establishment of ME-TA MATTIAS NEYT · Business and other management consultancy · Deinze · since 2014
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Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 2018
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General construction of residential buildings · Waremme · since 2019
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Abbreviation of META ARCHITECTUURBUREAU · Activities of building architects · Antwerpen · since 2020
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Abbreviation of Mobiliteitserfgoed Tram en Autobus · Activiteiten van historische locaties en monumenten · Mechelen · since 2008
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Support activities for animal production · since 2009
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Antwerpen · since 2022
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Temse · since 1956
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Koksijde · since 1991
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Abbreviation of METROLOGY et TEST ASSOCIATION · Oudergem · since 1997