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.
“Minou”
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
15 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Business and other management consultancy · Zemst · since 2022
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Schaarbeek · since 1991
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Development of residential building projects · Elsene · since 1992
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Vervaardiging van overige producten van metaal, n.e.g. · Seraing · since 2003
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Support activities for animal production · since 2013
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Vervaardiging van andere tanks, reservoirs en bergingsmiddelen, van metaal · since 2000
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Full-service restaurants · since 1986
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Malle · since 2016
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Activities of holding companies · Hasselt · since 2020
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Office administrative and support services · Herk-de-Stad · since 2020
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Name of an establishment of CM HAINE-SAINT-PIERRE · Full-service restaurants · Morlanwelz · since 2022
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Reparatie en onderhoud van consumentenelektronica · Oostende · since 2010
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Antwerpen · since 2006
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Name of an establishment of NAOUSSA · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · La Louvière · since 2024
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Raising of other animals · since 2015
Names that resemble it 38 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Activities of holding companies · Lommel · since 2020
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Sint-Truiden · since 2021
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Development of residential building projects · Geel · since 2005
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2026
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1982
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Pet care services, excluding veterinary services · since 2018
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Retail sale of household textiles and bedding
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Day nurseries and crèches · Oupeye · since 2021
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Name of an establishment of Openbaar Centrum voor Maatschappelijk Welzijn van Zulte · Openbare Centra voor Maatschappelijk Welzijn (OCMW) · Zulte · since 1968
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Activities of holding companies · Brugge · since 1994
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Antwerpen · since 1995
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Inzameling van ongevaarlijk afval · since 2014
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Activities of head offices · Haacht · since 2018
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Nieuwpoort · since 2019
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Herverzekering · Geel · since 2020
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Business and other management consultancy · Kontich · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · Rochefort · since 2011
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · Pelt · since 2012
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Full-service restaurants · Quaregnon · since 2025
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Joinery installation · Kortrijk · since 2026
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Roosendaal · since 1993
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Charleroi · since 2018
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · since 2008
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Bemiddelingsactiviteiten voor de gespecialiseerde detailhandel · since 2026
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Baarle-Hertog · since 2013
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Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · since 2020
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Retail sale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, excluding motor fuels · since 2020
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Other retail sale of new goods · since 2025
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2022
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Development of residential building projects · Schaarbeek · since 2003
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SAN MICHELE · since 2006
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SAN MICHELE ALESSANDRIA · since 2006
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Luxembourg · since 1977
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General electrical installation work · Lo-Reninge · since 2026
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 2026
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Abbreviation of Minouche - Landen · Landen · since 1978
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Wezembeek-Oppem · since 1990
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Day nurseries and crèches · Wemmel · since 2016