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Compared with the KBO register · free

Type the name you want to use. You see at once whether an active company already has the same or a similar name, and whether it works in your sector.

“MedStep”

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.

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Same or very similar names

3 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • MedStep same name
    Market research and public opinion polling · Gent · since 2012
  • MediStep vzw very similar
    Holsbeek · since 2018
  • MELSTEP very similar
    Malle · since 2000
Names that resemble it 9 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • Mindstep similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Waterloo · since 2013
  • Sole trader similar
    Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · since 2021
  • MEDSTONE similar
    Specialist medical practice · Brussel · since 2023
  • MEDEP similar
    Abbreviation of Médecine générale, environnement et prévention · General medical practice · Villers-la-Ville · since 2011
  • Sole trader similar
    General medical practice · since 2026
  • STEP similar
    Abbreviation of NO HEADACHE · Vervaardiging van farmaceutische grondstoffen · Elsene · since 1986
  • STEP similar
    Abbreviation of Stichting Ergonomie en Preventie · Antwerpen · since 1989
  • S.T.E.P. similar
    Abbreviation of Showtime Total Events and Productions · Holsbeek · since 1990
  • meds similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Name of an establishment of JESD INVEST · General electrical installation work · Damme · since 2011

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. A name can be free in the register and still be protected as a trademark. Trademarks are searched in the 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.

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