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.
“Mellowcat”
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
2 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Alken · since 2021
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Performing arts by artistic ensembles · Etterbeek · since 2013
Names that resemble it 20 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Retail sale of other sporting goods · Koksijde · since 2002
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Manufacture of dining room, living room, bedroom and bathroom furniture · since 2021
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Activities of holding companies · Berlaar · since 2021
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Name of an establishment of YesWeCan · Retail sale of women's outerwear · Elsene · since 2012
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Day spas, saunas and steam baths · since 2024
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Agents in the wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco · Villers-le-Bouillet · since 2026
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Office administrative and support services · Ukkel · since 2010
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Name of an establishment of Inner Tech Lab · Agents and managers of artists, athletes and other public figures · Leuven · since 2015
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Name of an establishment of DEE-SIDE · Business and other management consultancy · Chièvres · since 2021
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · since 2023
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Vorst · since 2025
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2025
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Activities of holding companies · Waregem · since 2016
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2026
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Activities of holding companies · Nazareth-De Pinte · since 2006
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Production of cinema films · since 2007
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2024
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Vervaardiging van bereide maaltijden en schotels · Villers-le-Bouillet · since 2012
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2018
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Insulation installation · since 2016