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.
“MIW”
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
2 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Abbreviation of MOLCON INTERWHEELS · Wholesale of motor vehicle parts and accessories · Dendermonde · since 2001
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Verhuur en lease van machines en installaties voor de bouwnijverheid en de weg- en waterbouw · Vosselaar · since 2017
Names that resemble it 12 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of Opdrachthoudende Vereniging voor Huisvuilverwerking Midden-Waasland · Inzameling van ongevaarlijk afval · Sint-Niklaas · since 1978
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Business and other management consultancy · Boechout · since 2024
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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