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.
“Meltim”
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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Liège · since 1996
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Business and other management consultancy · Moorslede · since 2022
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Verhuur en lease van machines en installaties voor de bouwnijverheid en de weg- en waterbouw · Aarschot · since 2019
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · Seneffe · since 2011
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Other manufacturing not elsewhere classified · since 2026
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Mettet · since 1999
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Kippenkwekerijen · Kruisem · since 2020
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Name of an establishment of MULTIBECK · Business and other management consultancy · Maasmechelen · since 2005
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Cafés and bars · Anderlecht · since 2018
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Kasterlee · since 2017
Names that resemble it 10 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Business and other management consultancy · Meise · since 2017
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Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · Brussel · since 2018
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Vervaardiging van keukenmeubelen · Kortrijk · since 2024
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Socio-cultural adult education · since 2024
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2020
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Activities of lawyers · since 2005
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Veurne · since 2016
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Cafés and bars · Elsene · since 2026
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Full-service restaurants · Evere · since 2007
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Vervaardiging van elektromotoren en van elektrische generatoren en transformatoren · Lichtervelde · since 2023