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.
“MSDOC”
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
9 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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General medical practice · Huy · since 2025
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Book publishing · Ieper · since 1994
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Nursing and midwifery · Liège · since 2014
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Vermogensbeheer · Schoten · since 2010
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · Poperinge · since 2022
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Specialist medical practice · Dilbeek · since 2022
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General construction of residential buildings · Evergem · since 2023
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Abbreviation of Médecine Expertise Docteur ODEKERKEN et Collaborateurs · Specialist medical practice · Modave · since 2009
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Vervaardiging van producten van vlees of van vlees van gevogelte · since 2003
Names that resemble it 17 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Oss · since 2012
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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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Abbreviation of SMART DOCUMENT SOLUTIONS · Brecht · since 2004
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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