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.
“MIVID”
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
13 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Cafés and bars · Saint-Ghislain · since 2022
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Cafés and bars · Antwerpen · since 2003
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Nursing and midwifery · Haaltert · since 2016
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Nursing and midwifery · Koksijde · since 2010
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Full-service restaurants · Perwez · since 2011
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2024
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Other business support services · Pepingen · since 2015
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Physiotherapy · Brugge · since 2023
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Lokeren · since 2024
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Other business support services · Tielt · since 2025
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Serviceflats voor ouderen · Leuven · since 2017
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Business and other management consultancy · Moorslede · since 2020
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Heusden-Zolder · since 2010
Names that resemble it 15 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Specialist medical practice · Hove · since 2018
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Tervuren · since 2012
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Antwerpen · since 2021
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Abbreviation of MINIMUM VITAL POUR LES CONGOLAIS · Tubize · since 2007
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Activities of bailiffs · Harelbeke · since 2024
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Herent · since 1989
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Abbreviation of P&M INVEST · Antwerpen · since 1995
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Abbreviation of MICHAEL IS DEAD · Productie van televisieprogramma's · Gent · since 2014
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Vervaardiging van andere machines voor specifieke doeleinden n.e.g. · Maldegem · since 2023
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Abbreviation of MARKETING INTELLIGENCE & DIFFUSION · Activities of holding companies · Chaumont-Gistoux · since 2011
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Abbreviation of M-I DENEF · Activities of bailiffs · Namur · since 2025
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Business and other management consultancy · Vleteren · since 1995
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Other business support services · Quévy · since 2015
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Activities of holding companies · Elsene · since 2024
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Trade name of Mieux Vivre á Liege · Liège · since 1990