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.
“Modesti, Medea”
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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Video and film production, excluding cinema and television films · since 2020
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Other business support services · Ukkel · since 2000
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Abbreviation of MEDEA: MEDIA & LEARNING IVZW · Business and other management consultancy · Boutersem · since 2012
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Vermogensbeheer · Deerlijk · since 2000
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Detailhandel in onderkleding, lingerie en strand- en badkleding · Brugge · since 2003
Names that resemble it 22 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Manufacture of medical and dental instruments and supplies · Charleroi · since 1991
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · since 2026
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Design of textile patterns, clothing, jewellery, furniture and decorative items · since 2018
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Other amusement and recreation activities · Namur · since 2025
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Name of an establishment of Marcel · Full-service restaurants · Gent · since 2017
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Agents in the wholesale of textiles, clothing, fur, footwear and leather goods · Sint-Niklaas · since 2018
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2020
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Bemiddelingsactiviteiten voor de gespecialiseerde detailhandel · since 2026
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Public relations and communication consultancy · since 2022
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Performing arts by artistic ensembles · Wommelgem · since 2025
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Business and other management consultancy · Ichtegem · since 2025
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Other education · Gent · since 2026
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2024
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Ermelo · since 1985
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Tongeren-Borgloon · since 2014
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Agents in the wholesale of furniture, household goods and hardware · La Louvière · since 2017
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Activiteiten van vechtsportclubs · Vorst · since 2017
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Detailhandel in herenbovenkleding · Ronse · since 2017
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Event catering · since 2006
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Public relations and communication consultancy · since 2017
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Book publishing · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 2024
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Abbreviation of LE MONDE DES SPECIALISTES · Activities of professional membership organisations · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2013