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Compared with the KBO register · free

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.

“MIVESA”

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.

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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

7 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • MIVESA same name
    Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1986
  • MIVES very similar
    Landscape service activities · Antwerpen · since 1999
  • MIVERA very similar
    Other business support services · Nieuwerkerken (Limb.) · since 1998
  • MIVENA very similar
    Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2012
  • Verhuur en lease van vaat- en glaswerk, keuken- en tafelgerei, elektrische huishoudapparaten en andere huishoudelijke benodigdheden · since 2022
  • MIVELA very similar
    Real estate agency activities · Antwerpen · since 2024
  • Milesa very similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2025
Names that resemble it 8 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • MI-VE similar
    Agents in the wholesale of timber and building materials · Kasterlee · since 2022
  • Other amusement and recreation activities · since 2025
  • MiVeX similar
    Activities of holding companies · Leuven · since 2003
  • Sports and recreation education · since 2026
  • MI.VE.DI. similar
    Abbreviation of Milieu- en Veiligheidsdienst · Other business support services · Jabbeke · since 1992
  • VESA similar
    Activities of building architects · Boom · since 2001
  • General cleaning of buildings · since 2020
  • VESA similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Menen · since 1988

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