Name check

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.

“MNS”

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

12 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

M.N.S. same name

Insurance agents and brokers · Middelkerke · since 1992
M.N.S. same name

Groothandel in koffie, thee, cacao en specerijen · Brussel · since 2000
MNS same name

Abbreviation of MUTUALITE NORD-SUD · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2000
M.N.S. same name

Construction of roads and motorways · Zele · since 2013
MNS same name

Business and other management consultancy · Mortsel · since 2017
MNS same name

Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Merksplas · since 2003
MNS same name

Abbreviation of MARCHEZ NORD-SUD · Marche-en-Famenne · since 2006
MNS same name

Abbreviation of MEDICAL NEFRO SMELTEN · Erezée · since 2023
MNS vzw same name

Abbreviation of Miss North Sea vzw · Other membership organisations · Gent · since 2024
MNS same name

Abbreviation of Mediterranean Northsea Shipping · Logistics services · Antwerpen · since 2025
M.N.S. same name

Abbreviation of M.N. SOUDURE · Reparatie en onderhoud van andere apparatuur · Charleroi · since 2025
MNS & CO very similar

Antwerpen · since 2026

Names that resemble it 11 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.

mnsa (sole trader) similar

Other human health activities · since 2025
MNSC similar

Abbreviation of MERCIER NICOLAS, SANITAIRE-CHAUFFAGE · Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Namur · since 2025
M.N. SOINS similar

Nursing and midwifery · Frameries · since 2025
MNSO similar

Other business support services · Mortsel · since 2026
MN SOINS similar

Nursing and midwifery · Viroinval · since 2026
MNSCH similar

Abbreviation of MAANISCH · Mechelen · since 2022
MN similar

Abbreviation of Marleen Nuyts · Business and other management consultancy · Mechelen · since 2017
MN similar

Abbreviation of Moeder Naamse · Waregem · since 2018
M.N similar

Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Sint-Genesius-Rode · since 2022
M.N. (sole trader) similar

Agents in the wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco · since 2006
MNSK similarin bankruptcy or liquidation

Washing and cleaning of motor vehicles · since 2023

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