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.
“Mees Sort”
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
10 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Growing of pome and stone fruits · Geetbets · since 1999
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Abbreviation of Algemene schrijn-, timmer- en dakwerken Mees · Joinery installation · Lokeren · since 1987
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Other business support services · Kontich · since 1988
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Groothandel in aanhangwagens, opleggers en caravans · Lochristi · since 1992
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Activities of lawyers · Damme · since 2021
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General electrical installation work · since 2022
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Site preparation · Kasterlee · since 2006
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Activiteiten op het gebied van ergotherapie · since 2024
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Vervaardiging van beschuit, biscuit en houdbaar banketbakkerswerk · since 2024
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Business and other management consultancy · Aalst · since 2025
Names that resemble it 4 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Construction of roads and motorways · Stabroek · since 1990
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Sports and recreation education · since 2018
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Elsene · since 1992
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Name of an establishment of MSSN · Retail sale of other cultural and recreation goods · Brussel · since 2007