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.
“Milkat”
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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Retail sale of wines and spirits · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 2013
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Bree · since 1990
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Antwerpen · since 2000
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Other construction installation · Hoeilaart · since 2016
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Landscape service activities · since 2023
Names that resemble it 10 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Liège · since 2010
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Abbreviation of Milk Music BE · Geluidsopnamestudio's · Braine-le-Comte · since 2023
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Retail sale of women's outerwear · Lasne · since 2020
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General construction of other non-residential buildings · Antwerpen · since 1998
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Raising of dairy cattle · since 1999
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2021
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Cafés and bars · Etterbeek · since 2024
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2022
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Market research and public opinion polling · Leuven · since 2019
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Freight transport by road · Antwerpen · since 2026