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.
“MIO”
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
5 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2023
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Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2024
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Name of an establishment of BI CONCEPT · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Koekelberg · since 2019
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Name of an establishment of MUBODA · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Koekelberg · since 2026
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Wholesale of clothing, excluding workwear and underwear · since 2019
Names that resemble it 25 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Vermogensbeheer · Bierbeek · since 2020
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 2015
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Market research and public opinion polling · Leuven · since 2015
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Office administrative and support services · Koekelberg · since 2016
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Abbreviation of MOM MADE IT ONCE · Other non-specialised retail sale · Brasschaat · since 2017
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Name of an establishment of CAMIN CARGO CONTROL NW EUROPE · Other technical testing and analysis · Antwerpen · since 2012
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Agents in the wholesale of furniture, household goods and hardware · since 2026
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Repair and maintenance of other personal and household goods · since 2018
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Activities of holding companies · Lummen · since 2019
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Veterinary services · Wommelgem · since 2023
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Office administrative and support services · Kortrijk · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2021
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Teelt van oliehoudende vruchten · Middelkerke · since 2024
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Activities of holding companies · Edegem · since 2025
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · since 2026
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Abbreviation of MOTORSPORT INTERNATIONAL · General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Theux · since 1989
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Brussel · since 1989
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Event catering · Ranst · since 2015
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Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2008
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Abbreviation of METHANOL INSTITUTE · ALEXANDRIA · since 2012
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Abbreviation of Mobile Institute · Vorst · since 2008
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Abbreviation of MOVAN Installations · General electrical installation work · Braine-le-Comte · since 2024
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Abbreviation of Mille Idées · Vorst · since 2024
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Abbreviation of Mondial International · Grimbergen · since 1975
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Abbreviation of Meveno Invest · since 2017