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.
“Mellyn”
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
9 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Waasmunster · since 2019
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Vervaardiging van andere artikelen van papier of karton · Tielt · since 1986
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Activities of holding companies · Waregem · since 2016
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Activiteiten van musea en collecties · since 2001
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Retail sale of other cultural and recreation goods · Erpe-Mere · since 2018
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Activities of holding companies · Nazareth-De Pinte · since 2006
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Tienen · 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
Names that resemble it 19 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2018
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Other retail sale of food · since 1989
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Sint-Martens-Latem · since 2026
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Sports and recreation education · since 2026
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Retail sale of other sporting goods · Koksijde · since 2002
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2026
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Leuven · since 2020
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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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Full-service restaurants · Namur · since 2022
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Wholesale of information and communication equipment · Zonhoven · since 2022
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Zottegem · since 2023
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Full-service restaurants · Mortsel · since 2023
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of YesWeCan · Retail sale of women's outerwear · Elsene · since 2012
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Groothandel in overig textiel · Nazareth-De Pinte · since 2008
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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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Insulation installation · since 2016