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.
“MIRVA”
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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Launderettes and laundries for private customers · Antwerpen · since 2022
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Trade name of TUINTERRAS DE KOI · Full-service restaurants · Turnhout · since 2009
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 2000
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Antwerpen · since 1973
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Verviers · since 2016
Names that resemble it 25 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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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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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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Antwerpen · since 1982
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Detailhandel in lederwaren en reisartikelen · Gent · since 1990
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Geel · since 1991
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Verhuur en lease van tenten · Turnhout · since 1997
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Mortsel · since 2001
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Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · since 2013
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Abbreviation of VZW Studiekring Minerva · Gent · since 2013
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Retail sale of souvenirs and religious articles · since 2015
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Other membership organisations · Gent · since 2016
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Other business support services · Antwerpen · since 2017
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Vermogensbeheer · Ieper · since 2019
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Vermogensbeheer · Wuustwezel · since 2019
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Gent · since 2020
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Business and other management consultancy · Kampenhout · since 2021
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Activiteiten van industriële wasserijen · since 1971
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Detailhandel in boeken · Lochristi · since 2024
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Agents in the wholesale of industrial machinery, ships and aircraft · Braine-le-Comte · since 1988
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Verhuur en lease van kantoormachines, inclusief computers · Brecht · since 2001