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Name check

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.

“Modest, Nicolas”

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

8 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • Modest, Nicolas (sole trader) same name
    Other retail sale of new goods · since 2020
  • Miest, Nicolas (sole trader) very similar
    Psychology services · since 2001
  • Moës, Nicolas (sole trader) very similar
    Landscape service activities · since 2006
  • Modest very similar
    Name of an establishment of Marcel · Full-service restaurants · Gent · since 2017
  • MODEST very similar
    Agents in the wholesale of textiles, clothing, fur, footwear and leather goods · Sint-Niklaas · since 2018
  • Modest (sole trader) very similar
    Graphic design and visual communication · since 2020
  • Modest very similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Ichtegem · since 2025
  • MODEST very similar
    Other education · Gent · since 2026
Names that resemble it 56 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.

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