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.
“MedCaT”
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
11 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Klazienaveen · since 2018
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Retail sale of medical and orthopaedic goods, excluding prescription glasses and lenses · Temse · since 2007
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Specialist medical practice · Namur · since 2019
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Other education · since 2010
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Niet-gespecialiseerde groothandel in niet-diepgevroren voedingsmiddelen, dranken en genotmiddelen · La Louvière · since 1993
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Handelsbemiddeling in de groothandel in brandstoffen, ertsen, metalen en chemische producten · Westerlo · since 2015
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Abbreviation of REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT CAT · Liège · since 2011
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Name of an establishment of De Kleinen Bistro · Full-service restaurants · Malle · since 2012
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Other research and development on natural sciences · Waterloo · since 2004
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Gent · since 2025
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Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · since 2016
Names that resemble it 15 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Other postal and courier activities · Sint-Pieters-Leeuw · since 2015
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2021
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Physiotherapy · Dilbeek · since 2024
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Abbreviation of Advocaten, Erkende Bemiddelaars · Gent · since 2015
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Gent · since 1998
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Business and other management consultancy · Zoersel · since 2013
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Other business support services · Zandhoven · since 2023
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Leuven · since 2001
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Naarden · since 2004
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Business and other management consultancy · Destelbergen · since 2018
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Wholesale of pharmaceutical and medical goods · since 2004
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Specialist medical practice · Braine-l'Alleud · since 2023
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Nursing and midwifery · Maaseik · since 2025
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Name of an establishment · Other information service activities · Tienen · since 2024
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since 2023