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.
“MILMA”
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
12 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Activities of head offices · Nieuwpoort · since 2024
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Design of textile patterns, clothing, jewellery, furniture and decorative items · Gent · since 2014
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Bornem · since 2016
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Other construction installation · Hoeilaart · since 2016
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Landscape service activities · since 2023
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Activiteiten van binderijen en aanverwante diensten · since 2024
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Retail sale of antiques · since 2012
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Name of an establishment of DM4L · Full-service restaurants · Middelkerke · since 2017
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Business and other management consultancy · Lede · since 2024
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Business and other management consultancy · Schilde · since 2024
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Detailhandel in baby- en kinderbovenkleding · Harelbeke · since 2025
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Zemst · since 1992
Names that resemble it 10 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Name of an establishment of FORMIL · Specialist medical practice · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2000
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Abbreviation of Moderne Industriele Locaties · Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Aarschot · since 1992
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Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 1994
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Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2022
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Abbreviation of Made In Local · Activities of professional membership organisations · Orp-Jauche · since 2023
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Abbreviation of Mol in Leuven · Dessel · since 2009
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Design of textile patterns, clothing, jewellery, furniture and decorative items · Brasschaat · since 2018
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Ninove · since 2021
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Niet-gespecialiseerde groothandel in diepgevroren voedingsmiddelen · Antwerpen · since 2010
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Thuin · since 2026