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Is your company name already in the register?

Compared with the KBO register · free

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.

“Mdeon”

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

5 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • Mdeon same name
    Other business support services · Machelen (Brab.) · since 2006
  • ODEON very similar
    Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Brugge · since 1989
  • ODEON very similar
    Gent · since 2015
  • Sole trader very similar
    Other amusement and recreation activities · since 2017
  • IDEON very similar
    CLUJ-NAPOCA · since 2018
Names that resemble it 4 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • MdE similar
    Abbreviation of Maison des Eclaireurs · Charleroi · since 1952
  • M.D.E. similar
    Abbreviation of Mouvement de Défense des Droits de l'Enfant · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 1983
  • Sole trader similar
    Vervaardiging van andere elektrische apparatuur · since 1987
  • MDE similar
    Abbreviation of Maas Diamantboringen en Elektriciteitswerken · Proefboren en boren · Maasmechelen · since 2023

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