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.
“MONKA”
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
7 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Business and other management consultancy · Destelbergen · since 2023
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Namur · since 2022
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Knokke-Heist · since 2011
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Dental practice · Keerbergen · since 2020
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Vervaardiging van overige geconfectioneerde artikelen van textiel, muv kleding · Charleroi · since 2024
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2016
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2022
Names that resemble it 24 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Name of an establishment of TIMBA · Full-service restaurants · Brugge · since 2009
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Other retail sale of food · Veurne · since 2025
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Name of an establishment of MONK DISTILLERY · Wholesale of beverages, general range · Anhée · since 2026
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 1994
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 1993
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Vermogensbeheer · Brugge · since 2016
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Name of an establishment of Jekyll-Mons · Cafés and bars · Mons · since 2023
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Lo-Reninge · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Hasselt · since 2006
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Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Niklaas · since 2026
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Performing arts by artistic ensembles · Grimbergen · since 2026
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Hove · since 1991
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Dendermonde · since 2014
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Performing arts by independent artists · Antwerpen · since 2015
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Literary creation · Brussel · since 2015
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Cafés and bars · Gent · since 2018
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Elsene · since 2020
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Business and other management consultancy · Oosterzele · since 2021
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Brussel · since 2022
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Name of an establishment of The Monkeys Burgers · Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2024
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Name of an establishment of DELTA FOODS · Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2004
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Full-service restaurants · Zoersel · since 2016
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Lier · since 2020
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2022