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.
“MIELOU”
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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Activities of holding companies · Knokke-Heist · since 2020
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Brasschaat · since 2003
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2025
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Activities of holding companies · Nieuwpoort · since 2021
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Retail sale of footwear · since 1992
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Employment placement agencies · Lint · since 2023
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Vorst · since 2010
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Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Martens-Latem · since 2010
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2020
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Hotels and similar accommodation · Marche-en-Famenne · since 2012
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2016
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Vervaardiging van artikelen van kurk, riet of vlechtwerk · since 2024
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Event catering · since 2015
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2025
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · since 2026
Names that resemble it 28 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Business and other management consultancy · Malle · since 2013
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Video and film production, excluding cinema and television films · since 2017
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Gent · since 1986
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Elsene · since 2001
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Dilbeek · since 2020
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2023
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Deinze · since 2012
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2007
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Detailhandel in kledingaccessoires · Bornem · since 2024
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Activities of head offices · Langemark-Poelkapelle · since 2026
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Wholesale of electrical household appliances and audio-video equipment · Asse · since 1954
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Other business support services · since 2015
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Name of an establishment of IT DISCOUNT · Retail sale of information and communication equipment · Roosdaal · since 2011
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Nursing and midwifery · Torhout · since 2023
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Cafés and bars · Oostkamp · since 2024
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Name of an establishment of SOFT & LINE · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Vorst · since 2010
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Mons · since 2003
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Full-service restaurants · since 2026
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Activities of holding companies · Antwerpen · since 1990
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Activities of lawyers · Ieper · since 2013
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Koksijde · since 2015
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Other business support services · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2017
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Avelgem · since 2021
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Event catering · Tielt · since 2022
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Sports and recreation education · since 2024
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Fitness centres · Langemark-Poelkapelle · since 2024
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Other amusement and recreation activities · since 2026
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Cafés and bars · since 2016