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.
“MICHEM”
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
15 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Wallpapering and laying of floor and wall coverings in other materials · Dendermonde · since 1993
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Retail sale of other household articles · since 1977
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Wholesale of fruit and vegetables, excluding potatoes · Haacht · since 1991
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Detailhandel in tabaksproducten · Liège · since 1999
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Name of an establishment of CAI TRADING COMPANY · Full-service restaurants · Kortrijk · since 2013
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Bricklaying and masonry work · Evergem · since 2016
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Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · Menen · since 2017
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2025
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Joinery installation · since 2004
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Insulation installation · since 2007
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · since 2018
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Other business support services · since 2011
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since 2017
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since 2021
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Grimbergen · since 1986
Names that resemble it 42 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of MIMIBOS · Full-service restaurants · Edegem · since 1968
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Repair and maintenance of machinery · Amel · since 1988
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Other building finishing work · Deerlijk · since 1993
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Name of an establishment of Etablissements Benoit MICHELS · Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Bouillon · since 1993
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Event catering · Wemmel · since 1996
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Retail sale of medical and orthopaedic goods, excluding prescription glasses and lenses · Brussel · since 1998
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1996
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Nursing and midwifery · since 2017
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 1966
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Ukkel · since 2018
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General construction of residential buildings · Roosdaal · since 2021
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Other business support services · Brasschaat · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · Waregem · since 2023
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Contract catering and other food service activities · since 2010
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Vervaardiging van verlichtingsapparaten · Mechelen · since 2006
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Other specialised construction activities · Manhay · since 2025
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since 2017
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Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · since 2020
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Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2009
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Business and other management consultancy · Wemmel · since 1987
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2019
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Wavre · since 2004
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General electrical installation work · since 2024
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General medical practice · Grez-Doiceau · since 2025
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Abbreviation of Association caritative MICHA · Koekelberg · since 2018
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Vermogensbeheer · Geel · since 2012
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Vermogensbeheer · Pajottegem · since 2016
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Physiotherapy · Zonhoven · since 2020
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Site preparation · since 2011
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Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · since 2004
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Name of an establishment of Green Home · General construction of residential buildings · Ukkel · since 2004
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Activities of lawyers · Riemst · since 2024
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Name of an establishment · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Brussel · since 1991
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since 1960
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since 1991
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Other professional, scientific and technical activities · since 2016
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since 1990
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since 2020
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Landscape service activities · since 2011
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Dental practice · Antwerpen · since 2012
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since 2025
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Retail sale of cosmetics and toilet articles · Malmedy · since 2025