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.
“Meatrade”
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
2 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Non-specialised wholesale trade · Rumst · since 1972
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2002
Names that resemble it 29 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Agents in the wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco · Kasterlee · since 1999
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Kasterlee · since 2022
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Freight transport by road · Antwerpen · since 2018
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Name of an establishment of CARLOS HERMAN · Wholesale of household textiles and bedding · Sint-Niklaas · since 1992
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Agents in the wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco · Ranst · since 2002
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Agents in the wholesale of textiles, clothing, fur, footwear and leather goods · Schilde · since 2001
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Groothandel in ijzerwaren · since 1998
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Abbreviation of MASTER BUSINESS · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Anderlecht · since 2001
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Detailhandel in andere motorvoertuigen (> 3,5 ton) · Herve · since 2002
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Tienen · since 2014
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Activities of holding companies · Bree · since 2014
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Raising of dairy cattle · Roeselare · since 2017
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Antwerpen · since 2021
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Business and other management consultancy · Brussel · since 2022
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Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Genk · since 2023
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Groothandel in spellen en speelgoed · Brakel · since 2023
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2023
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2024
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Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Roosdaal · since 1988
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Dendermonde · since 2019
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Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Ledegem · since 2021
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Namur · since 2018
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Development of residential building projects · since 1998
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Wholesale of pharmaceutical and medical goods · Kraainem · since 2003
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Retail sale of lighting equipment · Pittem · since 2004
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Schaarbeek · since 2006
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Trade name of MST · Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Antwerpen · since 2016
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2018
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Advertising agencies · Antwerpen · since 1996