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.
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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
15 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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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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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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Abbreviation of MODEL SPECIALIST DISTRIBUTORS · Ittre · since 1988
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Abbreviation of MAINTIEN ET SOINS A DOMICILE · La Louvière · since 2002
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Wavre · since 2003
Names that resemble it 42 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of Wildbeheereenheid Moerstuiver-Damkeuken · Lievegem · since 1995
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Business and other management consultancy · Destelbergen · since 1997
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Abbreviation of Maison de Solidarité pour les Diabétiques au Congo · Büllingen · since 2014
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Kautenbach · since 2008
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Agents in the wholesale of industrial machinery, ships and aircraft · Ramillies · since 2016
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Seraing · since 2019
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Activities of company auditors · Walhain · since 2021
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Abbreviation of Motion in Sound and Dance Collective · Gent · since 2011
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Abbreviation of Ma Santé D'abord · Liège · since 2023
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Koekelare · since 2026
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Schaarbeek · since 2011
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General medical practice · Huy · since 2025
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Abbreviation of MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS · Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Ellezelles · since 1988
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Abbreviation of Moonshades · Brussel · since 1988
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Abbreviation of MINI SHOP ROGER · Jette · since 1989
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Abbreviation of MOUVEMENT SOCIAL · Schaarbeek · since 2000
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Freight transport by road · Pelt · since 2015
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Abbreviation of Mixers at your Service · Freight transport by road · Zottegem · since 2015
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General electrical installation work · since 2015
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Abbreviation of ManifestSteam · Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Hensies · since 2015
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Scheduled passenger transport by road · since 2016
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Zoutleeuw · since 2016
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2019
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Roofing work · since 1999
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Abbreviation of MAGUS SERPENTIUM · Kortrijk · since 2019
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2020
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Abbreviation of Murmures · Literary creation · Anderlecht · since 2020
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Abbreviation of MerSia · Amay · since 2021
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General construction of residential buildings · Grez-Doiceau · since 2021
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Ichtegem · since 2023
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Abbreviation of MILLE STELLE · Other support activities for arts and performing arts · Fléron · since 2010
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Abbreviation of Marble Sounds · Uitgeverijen van muziekopnamen · Brussel · since 2010
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Abbreviation of Masters @ Solutions · Openbaar bestuur op het gebied van het bedrijfsleven; stimuleren van het bedrijfsleven · Oostende · since 2011
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Morlanwelz · since 2003
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Name of an establishment of HOTEL MIDI STATION · Hotels and similar accommodation · Charleroi · since 2004
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Freight transport by road · Schaarbeek · since 2008
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Other business support services · since 2025
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Diepenbeek · since 2025
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Abbreviation of MOOD SHIFTERS · Brussel · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of MASROOR · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 2018
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Construction of roads and motorways · Zele · since 2020
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Site preparation · Hannut · since 2011