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.
“MI-PRESS”
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
6 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Koekelberg · since 1989
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Antwerpen · since 2023
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Antwerpen · since 2024
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Property management for co-owned buildings (syndics) · Brussel · since 1986
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Pre-press and pre-media services · Berlare · since 2020
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2022
Names that resemble it 15 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Manufacture of other builders' carpentry and joinery · Bornem · since 1997
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Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · Mol · since 2001
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Activiteiten van industriële wasserijen · since 1975
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Photography, excluding press photography · Brasschaat · since 1991
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Computer programming · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2021
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Freight transport by road · Kuurne · since 2004
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Luxembourg · since 2006
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2024
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Other postal and courier activities · since 2025
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Other postal and courier activities · Aalst · since 2014
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2016
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Freight transport by road · Gent · since 2005
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Anderlecht · since 2023
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Abbreviation of Ministère International de la Puissance de la Résurrection de Christ · Liège · since 2024
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Name of an establishment of SABZ · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2015