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.
“MS Dis”
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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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Schaarbeek · since 2011
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Niet-gespecialiseerde groothandel in niet-diepgevroren voedingsmiddelen, dranken en genotmiddelen · Charleroi · since 1997
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Abbreviation of MEDITERRANEAN DISTRIBUTION NETWORK · Vorst · since 2013
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · since 2014
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Full-service restaurants · since 2025
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Joinery installation · Tielt · since 2021
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Abbreviation of MEDICAL IMAGING SPECIALIST · Medical imaging and medical laboratories · Charleroi · since 2021
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Colfontaine · since 2021
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Abbreviation of ASSOCIATION POUR LA DIFFUSION DES SCIENCES · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2005
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Tervuren · since 2025
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2025
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Name of an establishment of MADI'S SSSPJ · Full-service restaurants · Malmedy · since 2025
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Full-service restaurants · since 2026
Names that resemble it 17 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of Merck Sharp en Dohme · Haarlem · since 1965
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Abbreviation of Marketing, Sales & Distribution · Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Bonheiden · since 1993
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Damme · since 1994
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Name of an establishment of MS - DIFFUSION · Other amusement and recreation activities · La Louvière · since 1994
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Wholesale of diamonds and other precious stones · Antwerpen · since 1997
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Charleroi · since 1998
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Name of an establishment of M S D ((MSD)) · Nursing and midwifery · Wavre · since 2003
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · since 2002
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Activities of head offices · Wevelgem · since 2017
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Tielt · since 2020
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2025
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Hooglede · since 2011
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Landscape service activities · since 2024
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Vaux-sur-Sûre · since 2026
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Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · since 2007
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Abbreviation of MODEL SPECIALIST DISTRIBUTORS · Ittre · since 1988
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Abbreviation of MAINTIEN ET SOINS A DOMICILE · La Louvière · since 2002