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.
“MUIDE”
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
12 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Gent · since 2010
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Abbreviation of Standaard Muide Gent · Cafés and bars · Gent · since 1999
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Abbreviation of GRAPHIC USER INTERFACE DESIGN · Computer programming · Antwerpen · since 1999
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Neupré · since 1999
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Tourist information services · since 2017
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Ondersteunende activiteiten in verband met verzekeringen en pensioenfondsen, n.e.g. · Aalst · since 2020
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Lubbeek · since 2022
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General medical practice · Antwerpen · since 2022
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Event catering · Langemark-Poelkapelle · since 2008
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Manufacture of cocoa, chocolate and sugar confectionery · Liège · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of Feyzula · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Gent · since 2025
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Cafés and bars · since 2025
Names that resemble it 6 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Gent · since 2021
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Gent · since 1960
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Gent · since 1947
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Name of an establishment of Het Wit-Gele Kruis van West-Vlaanderen · Nursing and midwifery · Brugge · since 1964
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Name of an establishment of 't EIERKOTJE · Groothandel in zuivelproducten en eieren · Nieuwpoort · since 2019
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Name of an establishment of BMC Benelux · Activities of holding companies · Sint-Agatha-Berchem · since 2014