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.
“MSM”
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
20 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Abbreviation of MELICE STOCK MARKET · Waterloo · since 1908
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Sprimont · since 1961
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Abbreviation of MOLENS SINT MARTINUS - MOULINS SINT MARTIN · Business and other management consultancy · Lennik · since 1976
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Rochefort · since 1985
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Charleroi · since 1989
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Name of an establishment of ELL'IMMO · Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Les Bons Villers · since 1990
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Plastering work · Leuven · since 2017
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Activities of holding companies · Zoersel · since 2017
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Productie van aluminium · Machelen (Brab.) · since 2018
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Abbreviation of MENUISERIE SIMON MELON · Joinery installation · Ferrières · since 2020
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Retail sale of watches and jewellery · since 2020
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Nursing and midwifery · Geel · since 2022
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Activities of holding companies · Roeselare · since 2010
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Lanaken · since 2024
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Abbreviation of MSM Le mobilier sur mesure · Vervaardiging van andere meubelen, n.e.g. · Binche · since 2024
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Diepenbeek · since 2025
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2025
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Abbreviation of MATRIJZEN SERVICE MERLIER · Other specialised construction activities · Wortegem-Petegem · since 2026
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Abbreviation of Mouvement de Soutien à la Monarchie · Brussel · since 2026
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Retail sale of household furniture · Heusden-Zolder · since 2010
Names that resemble it 35 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Erquelinnes · since 2014
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Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 2018
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Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2005
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General medical practice · since 2025
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Activities of interior architects · Antwerpen · since 2012
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Puurs-Sint-Amands · since 2021
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Specialist medical practice · Geel · since 2021
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Specialist medical practice · Dalhem · since 2022
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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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Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 1994
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Abbreviation of MOUVEMENT SOCIAL · Schaarbeek · since 2000
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General electrical installation work · 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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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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Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · Ninove · 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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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