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.
“MVD”
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
6 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Retail sale of household furniture · Putte · since 1989
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Pre-press and pre-media services · since 2003
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Abbreviation of MONDE VOLONTAIRE AU DEVELOPPEMENT · Elsene · since 2015
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Abbreviation of Marcel Van Driessche · Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Zele · since 2016
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Computer programming · since 2019
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Name of an establishment of M.V.D. T & Q · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Herstal · since 2016
Names that resemble it 44 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Activities of notaries · Wortegem-Petegem · since 2013
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Business and other management consultancy · Tervuren · since 2013
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Groothandel in machines, werktuigen en toebehoren voor de landbouw · Hulshout · since 2015
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Other tax advisory services · Oudenaarde · since 2014
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Waterloo · since 2015
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2015
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Business and other management consultancy · Wezembeek-Oppem · since 2016
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Ukkel · since 2017
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Other information service activities · since 2018
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Office administrative and support services · Antwerpen · since 2019
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Activities of building architects · since 2020
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Name of an establishment of Ambacht Architecten · Activities of building architects · Retie · since 2020
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Dental practice · Putte · since 2020
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Specialist medical practice · Leuven · since 2021
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Other business support services · Antwerpen · since 2021
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Activities of holding companies · Ardooie · since 2022
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Abbreviation of Michiel Van den Bogerd · Hoogstraten · since 2022
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Machining of metals · Assenede · since 2023
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Other business support services · Roeselare · since 2023
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Specialist medical practice · Namur · since 2006
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Abbreviation of MAXIMILIEN VAN DE WERVE · Activities of lawyers · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2006
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Business and other management consultancy · Brugge · since 2023
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Name of SCHACHTEWEIDE · Activities of holding companies · Ieper · since 2024
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Other specialised construction activities · Stekene · since 2024
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Washing and cleaning of motor vehicles · Sint-Niklaas · since 2024
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2025
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Activities of building architects · Antwerpen · since 2024
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Business and other management consultancy · Kontich · since 2025
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Activities of holding companies · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2025
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Activities of head offices · Staden · since 2025
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Enghien · since 2026
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Abbreviation of THIMAX · Roofing work · Hamme (Vl.) · since 2004
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Development of residential building projects · Zoersel · since 2016
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Name of an establishment · Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Ledegem · since 2019
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Business and other management consultancy · Mortsel · since 2021
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Other business support services · since 2022
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Abbreviation of Ma Voix · Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Charleroi · since 2022
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Abbreviation of MUSA & VICTOIRE · Cultural education · Jette · since 2008
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Abbreviation of MANHAY VILLAGE · Manhay · since 2012
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Groothandel in uurwerken en sieraden · Kapellen · since 2003
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Abbreviation of MixingVibes · Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · Schaarbeek · since 2023
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Landscape service activities · Schelle · since 2024
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Specialist medical practice · Gent · since 2025
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Izegem · since 2020