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.
“MSAR”
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
4 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Freight transport by road · Saint-Nicolas · since 2023
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Abbreviation of Mus_AR · Brussel · since 2024
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Abbreviation of Maîtrise de Stage en Anesthésie · Mont-Saint-Guibert · since 2025
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Antwerpen · since 2007
Names that resemble it 18 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Advertising agencies · Brugge · since 1989
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Abbreviation of Modelspoor Atelier Oostkamp · Other sports activities · Oostkamp · since 1996
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Logging · Büllingen · since 2013
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Abbreviation of Military Sport Academy · Operation of sports facilities · Gent · since 2014
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Manufacture of medical and dental instruments and supplies · since 1991
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Office administrative and support services · Wijnegem · since 2016
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Aarschot · since 2019
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Abbreviation of Management Services & Assistance · Advertising agencies · Braine-l'Alleud · since 2019
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Abbreviation of MULTI SPORTS ACADEMIE · Other amusement and recreation activities · Oupeye · since 2022
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Abbreviation of Moisdes Sanz Antwerpen · Antwerpen · since 2023
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Retail sale of other household articles · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2009
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Other tax advisory services · Dalhem · since 2008
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Abbreviation of MSAS: Manu Services And Solutions · Activities of holding companies · Antwerpen · since 2024
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Abbreviation of MARCHE SAINT ANDRE DE JAMIOULX · Ham-sur-Heure-Nalinnes · since 2025
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Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 2015
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Activities of holding companies · Kortrijk · since 2019
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Andenne · since 2002
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Logistics services · since 2014