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Compared with the KBO register · free

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.

“MiNovate”

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

4 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • MiNovate same name
    Business and other management consultancy · Evergem · since 2026
  • Minnovate very similar
    Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Gent · since 2024
  • INOVATE very similar
    Construction of utility projects for electricity and telecommunications · Vilvoorde · since 2023
  • FINOVATE very similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Overijse · since 2023
Names that resemble it 11 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • Minovi similar
    Herverzekering · Geel · since 2020
  • NOVATE similar
    Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Clavier · since 2025
  • MT Innovate similar
    Groothandel in reinigingsmiddelen · Middelkerke · since 2026
  • E-NOVATE similar
    Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Temse · since 2008
  • E-NOVATE similar
    Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2007
  • MINOVIC similar
    General electrical installation work · Lo-Reninge · since 2026
  • Knovate similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Kortenberg · since 2026
  • MINO similar
    Activities of holding companies · Lommel · since 2020
  • MiNo vzw similar
    Other non-specialised retail sale · Sint-Truiden · since 2021
  • MINO similar
    Development of residential building projects · Geel · since 2005
  • 3NOVATE similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Non-specialised wholesale trade · Turnhout · since 2008

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