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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.

“MNEVEN”

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

9 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • MNEVEN same name
    Activities of notaries · Riemst · since 2016
  • M-N EVENTS very similar
    Cafés and bars · Wortegem-Petegem · since 2016
  • NEVEN very similar
    Retail sale of electrical household appliances · Sint-Truiden · since 1989
  • NEVEN very similar
    Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 1998
  • Neven very similar
    Name of an establishment of DE BRAUWER-NEVEN · Medical imaging and medical laboratories · Alken · since 2000
  • NEVEN very similar
    Plumbing work · Riemst · since 2013
  • NEVEN very similar
    Overijse · since 2006
  • NeVeN very similar
    Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2026
  • MLEVEN very similar
    General cleaning of buildings · Visé · since 2025
Names that resemble it 2 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • EVEN similar
    Abbreviation of European Video Exchange Network · Activiteiten op het gebied van de distributie van films en video’s · Koksijde · since 2021
  • EVEN similar
    Psychology services · Denderleeuw · since 2024

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