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.
“MIRI”
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
6 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Insurance agents and brokers · Peer · since 2014
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Full-service restaurants · Soignies · since 2010
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Retail sale of watches and jewellery · since 2024
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Cafés and bars · Schaarbeek · since 2022
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Book publishing · since 2026
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2023
Names that resemble it 58 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Elsene · since 1988
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Business and other management consultancy · Kruisem · since 2020
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Abbreviation of MUTUAL INSURANCE AND REINSURANCE FOR INFORMATION SYSTEMS · Rechtstreekse verzekeringsverrichtingen niet-leven · Evere · since 2022
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Name of an establishment of NYSMA · Full-service restaurants · Ninove · since 2023
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Retail sale of footwear · Lommel · since 2006
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Abbreviation of Mates for International Reporting · Leuven · since 1974
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Abbreviation of MANAGEMENT, INVESTMENT AND REAL ESTATE · Certified accountants and tax accountants · Overijse · since 1991
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Production of cinema films · Lanaken · since 1993
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Abbreviation of MAKE IT RIGHT · Business and other management consultancy · Morlanwelz · since 2012
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Gent · since 2017
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Repair and maintenance of other personal and household goods · since 2018
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Business and other management consultancy · Izegem · since 2019
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Landscape service activities · Oosterzele · since 2020
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Hotels and similar accommodation · Halen · since 2008
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Abbreviation of The magic of international relations · Lierde · since 2024
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Painting of buildings · Gent · since 2024
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Nursing and midwifery · since 2025
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Kortrijk · since 2018
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Abbreviation of Volkssterrenwacht Mira · Other research and development on natural sciences · Grimbergen · since 1971
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Brussel · since 1982
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Morlanwelz · since 1988
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Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · La Bruyère · since 1989
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Aarschot · since 1989
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Renting and leasing of other machinery, equipment and tangible goods · Wortegem-Petegem · since 1991
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Leuven · since 1992
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Name of an establishment of LD3 · Activiteiten van dag- en dienstencentra voor ouderen · Brussel · since 1993
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Other amusement and recreation activities · Keerbergen · since 1997
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OBERANVEN · since 2012
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Name of an establishment · Business and other management consultancy · Mechelen · since 2014
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Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2019
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2025
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Other amusement and recreation activities · since 2018
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Vermogensbeheer · Gerpinnes · since 2017
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Abbreviation of MADE IN REAL ESTATE · Buying and selling of own real estate · Rixensart · since 2020
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Hamme (Vl.) · since 2020
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Lochristi · since 2006
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Ledegem · since 2020
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Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Pieters-Leeuw · since 2023
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Activities of building architects · since 2010
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Koksijde · since 2011
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Real estate agency activities · Edegem · since 2003
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Full-service restaurants · since 1976
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2005
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Maasmechelen · since 2006
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Name of an establishment of Atmire · Other software publishing · Leuven · since 2006
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Detailhandel in verf en verfwaren · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2007
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Full-service restaurants · since 2007
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Full-service restaurants · Herve · since 2007
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Name of an establishment · Activities of building architects · Waregem · since 2008
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Abbreviation of MANAGEMENT INTERNATIONAL AND REPRESENTATION OPERATIONS · Wholesale of clothing, excluding workwear and underwear · Elsene · since 2023
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Uitgeverijen van muziekopnamen · Hechtel-Eksel · since 2024
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Risk and damage evaluation · Mechelen · since 2024
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Gent · since 2025
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Agents in the wholesale of industrial machinery, ships and aircraft · Braine-le-Comte · since 1988
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Brecht · since 2001
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Nursing and midwifery · Schaarbeek · since 2017
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Other postal and courier activities · Brussel · since 2018
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Antwerpen · since 1989