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.
“Metra”
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
19 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Freight transport by road · Zwevegem · since 1994
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Diepenbeek · since 1996
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Coating of metals · Merchtem · since 2023
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Wholesale of industrial chemicals · Antwerpen · since 1970
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Abbreviation of MEZIANI ELIAS TRADING · Buying and selling of own real estate · Grimbergen · since 2021
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Gent · since 1982
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Wholesale of electrical household appliances and audio-video equipment · Brussel · since 1998
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Full-service restaurants · since 1992
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Full-service restaurants · since 2010
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Full-service restaurants · since 1982
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Wholesale of other machinery and equipment · since 1985
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Abbreviation of Aune, Mestre et Blatge · Paris 8e · since 1907
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Freight transport by road · Sint-Niklaas · since 1999
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Freight transport by road · Eeklo · since 2001
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Freight transport by road · Bocholt · since 2020
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Business and other management consultancy · Kontich · since 2010
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Coating of metals · Staden · since 2025
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Speur- en ontwikkelingswerk op het gebied van de maatschappij- en geesteswetenschappen · Ukkel · since 2025
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Other education · since 2026
Names that resemble it 36 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of Musiques et Recherches · Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · Lasne · since 1982
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Groothandel in metalen en metaalertsen · Kortrijk · since 1993
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Creutzwald · since 1983
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Liège · since 1987
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Groothandel in ijzer- en staalschroot en in oude non-ferrometalen · ZURICH · since 2024
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Business and other management consultancy · Wevelgem · since 2026
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Other financial services · since 2026
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Boom · since 1990
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Abbreviation of LE RÉSEAU DES RÉGIONS ET DES AIRES MÉTROPOLITAINES D'EUROPE · Activities of business and employers' organisations · Elsene · since 2001
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Land surveying · Vorst · since 2014
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Retail sale of motor vehicle parts and accessories · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2016
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Advertising agencies · since 2019
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Land surveying · Temse · since 2021
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Mechelen · since 2022
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Manufacture of other builders' carpentry and joinery · Sint-Niklaas · since 2024
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Abbreviation of Metric IA · Installation of industrial machinery and equipment · Lier · since 2026
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Abbreviation of Magasin d'Ecriture théâtrale · Exploitatie van schouwburgen, concertzalen en dergelijke · Oudergem · since 1989
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Abbreviation of MATTHEEUWS ERIC TRANSPORT · Freight transport by road · Veurne · since 1990
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Abbreviation of ELEKTROTECHNIEKEN MANHAEVE · General electrical installation work · Kortrijk · since 2018
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Full-service restaurants · Brugge · since 2018
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Event catering · Rotselaar · since 2019
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General electrical installation work · Hulshout · since 2021
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Abbreviation of MANA EVENT TEAM · Exploitatie van culturele centra en multifunctionele zalen ten behoeve van culturele activiteiten · Dendermonde · since 2010
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Abbreviation of MEDICAL EQUIPMENT TRADE · Wholesale of pharmaceutical and medical goods · Boom · since 2005
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Sports and recreation education · since 2016
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since 1993
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Other postal and courier activities · Antwerpen · since 2021
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Freight transport by road · Torhout · since 1967
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Patiëntenvervoer per ambulance · Meise · since 2001
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Gembloux · since 2024
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General construction of residential buildings · Braine-l'Alleud · since 2018
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Anderlecht · since 2018
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since 2023
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Schaarbeek · since 2010
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Manage · since 1968
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Ukkel · since 1993