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.
“Melane”
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
24 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Kippenkwekerijen · Houthulst · since 1969
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2013
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Groothandel in verlichtingsapparatuur · Hoogstraten · since 1996
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since 2020
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Detailhandel in lederwaren en reisartikelen · since 1986
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Specialist medical practice · Zonhoven · since 2025
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Name of an establishment of MELANT België · Wholesale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Antwerpen · since 2019
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Groothandel in uurwerken en sieraden · Maastricht Airport · since 2021
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Retail sale of women's outerwear · Liège · since 2024
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2025
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 1994
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Day nurseries and crèches · Sint-Agatha-Berchem · since 2013
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Inland freight water transport · since 1993
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Mol · since 2015
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Industriële vervaardiging van brood en van vers banketbakkerswerk · since 2016
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Leuven · since 2017
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Kapelle-op-den-Bos · since 2020
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Brussel · since 2024
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Detailhandel in zuivelproducten en eieren · Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 2003
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Service activities incidental to land transportation · Herzele · since 2021
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Joinery installation · Léglise · since 2022
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Specialist medical practice · Oudergem · since 2023
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Specialist medical practice · Wielsbeke · since 2024
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Roofing work · Antwerpen · since 2020
Names that resemble it 29 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Anderlecht · since 2012
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Nazareth-De Pinte · since 2017
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Other membership organisations · Puurs-Sint-Amands · since 2019
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Name of an establishment of DREAM MA · Beauty care and other beauty treatments · Brasschaat · since 2020
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Vermogensbeheer · Diepenbeek · since 2020
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Office administrative and support services · Gent · since 2023
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Activities of holding companies · Herzele · since 2024
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Name of an establishment of ALKIM ONE · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · La Louvière · since 2026
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Land surveying · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 1986
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Wallpapering and laying of floor and wall coverings in other materials · Grimbergen · since 2014
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Wholesale of perfume and cosmetics · since 2016
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2024
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Advertising agencies · Lasne · since 2025
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Other membership organisations · Gent · since 1955
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Abbreviation of MEETJESLAND AUTORUITEN · General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Maldegem · since 1999
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Business and other management consultancy · Neupré · since 2013
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Agents and managers of artists, athletes and other public figures · Bekkevoort · since 2021
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Genk · since 2023
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Activities of lawyers · Elsene · since 2026
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Maldegem · since 2026
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Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2012
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Day spas, saunas and steam baths · since 2018
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2024
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Real estate agency activities · Antwerpen · since 1987
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Groothandel in suiker, chocolade en suikerwerk · Alken · since 1999
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Mixed farming · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2016
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Support activities for crop production · Destelbergen · since 2018
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Literary creation · Diest · since 2024
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Pittem · since 1983