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.
“MINNE DECOCK”
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
14 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Insurance agents and brokers · Dentergem · since 2008
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Abbreviation of Agence Maritime Minne · Elsene · since 1904
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Retail sale of bicycles · Ieper · since 1989
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Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · Hooglede · since 2001
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2014
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Name of an establishment of NOBRA · Full-service restaurants · Gent · since 2015
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Public relations and communication consultancy · since 2021
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Manufacture of beer · since 2006
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Name of an establishment of BRASSERIE MINNE · Manufacture of beer · Tinlot · since 2006
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Wholesale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels and related products · Maldegem · since 1998
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Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · since 2026
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Specialist medical practice · since 2012
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Joinery installation · Anzegem · since 2008
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Sports and recreation education · since 2021
Names that resemble it 14 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Nursing and midwifery · since 2020
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Repair and maintenance of other personal and household goods · since 2023
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Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 1977
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 1981
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Activities of holding companies · Sint-Niklaas · since 1999
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Manufacture of other builders' carpentry and joinery · Puurs-Sint-Amands · since 2002
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Manufacture of medical and dental instruments and supplies · Zoutleeuw · since 2002
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Landscape service activities · since 2014
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Teelt van andere boomvruchten, kleinfruit en noten · Oudenaarde · since 2015
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Laying of wooden floor and wall coverings · since 1994
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Psychology services · since 2010
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Raising of dairy cattle · Sint-Laureins · since 2011
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Public relations and communication consultancy · since 2003
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Mixed farming · Kontich · since 2025