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.
“Mecaprint”
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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Schaarbeek · since 1971
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Other printing · Charleroi · since 1985
Names that resemble it 13 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 1992
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Machining of metals · Oupeye · since 1983
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Lummen · since 1989
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Graphic design and visual communication · Brussel · since 2023
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Pre-press and pre-media services · Dentergem · since 2011
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Vervaardiging van artikelen van draad en van kettingen en veren · Herstal · since 2002
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Machining of metals · Oudsbergen · since 2001
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Abbreviation of FEDERATION OF MANYU ELITE CULTURAL ASSOCIATIONS IN BELGIUM · Gent · since 2001
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Abbreviation of Massage and Energetic Cares Association · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2018
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Name of an establishment of MECA-WELDING · Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Ranst · since 2019
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Other personal services · since 2020
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Other printing · Sint-Katelijne-Waver · since 2022
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Sint-Niklaas · since 1971