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.
“Mediware”
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
7 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Business and other management consultancy · Retie · since 2026
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Specialist medical practice · Anderlecht · since 2022
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Activities of holding companies · Oostende · since 2016
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Abbreviation of Medische Interventiedienst MediCare · Patiëntenvervoer per ambulance · Beringen · since 2005
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Specialist medical practice · since 2025
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Name of an establishment of Antwerp EMS · Patiëntenvervoer per ambulance · since 2015
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Olen · since 2005
Names that resemble it 23 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Evere · since 2018
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Liège · since 2009
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General electrical installation work · since 2017
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2025
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General medical practice · Le Roeulx · since 2022
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Seneffe · since 2023
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General medical practice · Antwerpen · since 1976
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2024
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Abbreviation of EXTERNE DIENST VOOR PREVENTIE EN BESCHERMING OP HET WERK MEDIWET · General medical practice · Gent · since 1968
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Business and other management consultancy · Puurs-Sint-Amands · since 2019
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Wezembeek-Oppem · since 2020
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Physiotherapy · Dilbeek · since 2024
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General medical practice · Lochristi · since 2024
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Computer programming · since 2026
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Other professional, scientific and technical activities · Antwerpen · since 1999
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2000
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Name of an establishment of NetlySoft · Retail sale of information and communication equipment · Kapelle-op-den-Bos · since 2019
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2021
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Cafés and bars · since 2011
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Damme · since 2025
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · Damme · since 2025
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Production of cinema films · since 2026
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Tournai · since 2021