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.
“MINOTA”
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
11 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Business and other management consultancy · Rochefort · since 2011
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Activities of holding companies · Hasselt · since 2020
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Gent · since 2018
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Antwerpen · since 2006
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Inzameling van ongevaarlijk afval · since 2014
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Wholesale of diamonds and other precious stones · since 2022
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Activities of head offices · Haacht · since 2018
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Nieuwpoort · since 2019
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · Pelt · since 2012
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Cafés and bars · Keerbergen · since 2012
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Full-service restaurants · Quaregnon · since 2025
Names that resemble it 27 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Activities of holding companies · Lommel · since 2020
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Sint-Truiden · since 2021
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Logging · since 1995
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Hotels and similar accommodation · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2011
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Development of residential building projects · Geel · since 2005
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2001
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Schaarbeek · since 1991
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Development of residential building projects · Elsene · since 1992
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Vervaardiging van overige producten van metaal, n.e.g. · Seraing · since 2003
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Support activities for animal production · since 2013
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Vervaardiging van andere tanks, reservoirs en bergingsmiddelen, van metaal · since 2000
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Malle · since 2016
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Office administrative and support services · Herk-de-Stad · since 2020
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Name of an establishment of CM HAINE-SAINT-PIERRE · Full-service restaurants · Morlanwelz · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · Zemst · since 2022
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Reparatie en onderhoud van consumentenelektronica · Oostende · since 2010
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Name of an establishment of NAOUSSA · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · La Louvière · since 2024
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Translation services · since 2020
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Retail sale of antiques · since 2005
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Physiotherapy · since 2016
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2005
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Saint-Ghislain · since 2008
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Activities of holding companies · Brugge · since 1994
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Antwerpen · since 1995
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Herverzekering · Geel · since 2020
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Business and other management consultancy · Kontich · since 2022
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Joinery installation · Kortrijk · since 2026