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.
“MINNELOU”
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
2 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Dilbeek · since 2020
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Advertising agencies · since 2024
Names that resemble it 22 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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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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Plumbing work · since 1986
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Public relations and communication consultancy · since 2021
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Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · since 2010
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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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Name of an establishment of LA BOUTEILLE D'AMOUR · Machining of metals · Tielt · since 2003
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Andere activiteiten op het gebied van de geestelijke gezondheidszorg · since 2019
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since 2023
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Full-service restaurants · since 2026
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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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Computer programming · Ukkel · since 2019
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Other retail sale of new goods · since 2025
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2022
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Detailhandel in baby- en kinderbovenkleding · Westerlo · since 2008
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Other education · since 2022
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Computer programming · since 2011