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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.

“Metanoia”

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.

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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

17 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

Names that resemble it 18 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • METANOX similar
    Wholesale of machine tools · Wevelgem · since 1997
  • METANOUS similar
    Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Gavere · since 2003
  • Metani (sole trader) similar
    Service activities incidental to land transportation · since 2013
  • Metani similar
    Physiotherapy · Leuven · since 2026
  • MELNOIA (sole trader) similar
    Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2025
  • META similar
    Abbreviation of Werkgemeenschap META · Antwerpen · since 1976
  • Meta similar
    Schilde · since 1984
  • Meta similar
    Abbreviation of Vrij Vorsings- en Vormingscentrum Meta · Hemiksem · since 1986
  • Meta similar
    Kinrooi · since 1993
  • META similar
    Activities of holding companies · Sint-Martens-Latem · since 2000
  • ME-TA similar
    Name of an establishment of ME-TA MATTIAS NEYT · Business and other management consultancy · Deinze · since 2014
  • Metasequoia similar
    Name of an establishment of Europe Logistics Partners Willebroek II · Development of residential building projects · Etterbeek · since 2014
  • META similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 2018
  • ME-TA similar
    General construction of residential buildings · Waremme · since 2019
  • META similar
    Abbreviation of META ARCHITECTUURBUREAU · Activities of building architects · Antwerpen · since 2020
  • META similar
    Abbreviation of Mobiliteitserfgoed Tram en Autobus · Activiteiten van historische locaties en monumenten · Mechelen · since 2008
  • META similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Koksijde · since 1991
  • META similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Abbreviation of METROLOGY et TEST ASSOCIATION · Oudergem · since 1997

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