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.
“Metalight”
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
5 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Groothandel in verlichtingsapparatuur · Herentals · since 2014
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Grimbergen · since 2022
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Retail sale of household furniture · Elsene · since 1992
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Verhuur en lease van televisietoestellen en andere audio- en videoapparatuur · since 1990
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Verhuur en lease van televisietoestellen en andere audio- en videoapparatuur · since 1999
Names that resemble it 26 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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General construction of residential buildings · Hamme (Vl.) · since 2018
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Coating of metals · Lummen · since 1979
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Veurne · since 1996
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Retail sale of household furniture · Braine-l'Alleud · since 1997
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Other information technology and computer services · Oudergem · since 2021
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Activities of holding companies · Gent · since 2021
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Support activities for animal production · since 2009
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Esch-Sur-Alzette · since 2011
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Brugge · since 2024
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Machining of metals · Mouscron · since 2024
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Machining of metals · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of LUTA · Retail sale of lighting equipment · Lede · since 2017
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since 2024
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Retail sale of hardware, building materials, paint and glass (general range) · Opwijk · since 1981
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Andenne · since 1991
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Machining of metals · Berlaar · since 2001
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · since 2016
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · since 2021
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · since 2024
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Mouscron · since 2025
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Machining of metals · Namur · since 2025
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Diksmuide · since 2026
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Vervaardiging van verlichtingsapparaten · Wevelgem · since 1987
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Vervaardiging van radiatoren, stoomketels en ketels voor centrale verwarming · Seneffe · since 2012
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Wholesale of other machinery and equipment · Schilde · since 2026
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Antwerpen · since 2022