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.
“Metarec”
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
6 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
-
Materials recovery from waste · Dilsen-Stokkem · since 2010
-
SAINT LOUIS · since 2011
-
Sint-Gillis-Waas · since 2004
-
Machining of metals · Beernem · since 1989
-
Bocholt · since 1991
-
Abbreviation of Mission Evangélique Tabernacle de Jesus Christ · Verviers · since 2023
Names that resemble it 40 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
-
Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Ukkel · since 2003
-
Verhuur en lease van machines, apparatuur en handgereedschap voor doe-het-zelvers · since 2024
-
Abbreviation of Werkgemeenschap META · Antwerpen · since 1976
-
Schilde · since 1984
-
Abbreviation of Vrij Vorsings- en Vormingscentrum Meta · Hemiksem · since 1986
-
Kinrooi · since 1993
-
Activities of holding companies · Sint-Martens-Latem · since 2000
-
Name of an establishment of ME-TA MATTIAS NEYT · Business and other management consultancy · Deinze · since 2014
-
Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 2018
-
General construction of residential buildings · Waremme · since 2019
-
Abbreviation of META ARCHITECTUURBUREAU · Activities of building architects · Antwerpen · since 2020
-
Abbreviation of Mobiliteitserfgoed Tram en Autobus · Activiteiten van historische locaties en monumenten · Mechelen · since 2008
-
Name of an establishment of Sterk op je Werk · Employment placement agencies · Izegem · since 1989
-
Activities of head offices · Villers-la-Ville · since 2020
-
Landscape service activities · since 2022
-
Visual arts creation · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2012
-
Abbreviation of Etablissements Marechal et Fils, Abreuvoirs et Decolletages · Vervaardiging van machines voor de landbouw en de bosbouw · Theux · since 1968
-
Abbreviation of Maaslandse Recreatiecentra · Other amusement and recreation activities · Kinrooi · since 1980
-
Wholesale of information and communication equipment · Blégny · since 1989
-
Vervaardiging van elektronische onderdelen · Zonhoven · since 1990
-
Operation of sports facilities · Kinrooi · since 2001
-
Business and other management consultancy · Waterloo · since 2012
-
Land surveying · Oosterzele · since 2012
-
Abbreviation of Mission Evangélique Tabernacle de Dieu · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2013
-
Other specialised construction activities · Verlaine · since 2014
-
Demolition · since 2019
-
Activities of holding companies · Elsene · since 2019
-
Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Antwerpen · since 2021
-
Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Beringen · since 2021
-
Activities of holding companies · Beringen · since 2022
-
Wholesale of motor vehicle parts and accessories · Verviers · since 2022
-
Pre-press and pre-media services · since 2007
-
Vermogensbeheer · Zaventem · since 2023
-
Business and other management consultancy · Zwevegem · since 2024
-
Machining of metals · Mouscron · since 2024
-
Machining of metals · since 2026
-
Koksijde · since 1991
-
Abbreviation of METROLOGY et TEST ASSOCIATION · Oudergem · since 1997
-
Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Antwerpen · since 2022
-
Joinery installation · since 2012