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.
“Centrum de Merode”
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
23 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Antwerpen · since 1974
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Abbreviation of VAN VRACEM - VAN BRABANT · Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Antwerpen · since 1960
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Izegem · since 1968
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Antwerpen · since 1957
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Abbreviation of Handelaars Centrum · Leuven · since 1975
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Antwerpen · since 1982
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Lier · since 1989
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Abbreviation of Cultureel Centrum Ter Schelde · Antwerpen · since 1990
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Name of an establishment of LIMBURGSE BROODJESBAR · Full-service restaurants · Rijkevorsel · since 2002
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Groothandel in vloer- en wandtegels · Antwerpen · since 2012
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Hooglede · since 2014
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Full-service restaurants
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Cafés and bars · since 2023
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Cafés and bars · since 2011
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2011
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Full-service restaurants · since 1985
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Abbreviation of Projectvereniging de Merode · Overig algemeen overheidsbestuur · Scherpenheuvel-Zichem · since 2015
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Abbreviation of Landschapspark de Merode v.z.w. · Verenigingen op het vlak van milieu en mobiliteit · Herselt · since 2017
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Mechelen · since 2019
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Turnhout · since 2022
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Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2012
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Name of an establishment of Immo Cote Gare · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Westerlo · since 2012
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Retie · since 1977
Names that resemble it 4 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Name of an establishment of OPCO Vlaanderen · Veterinary services · Nazareth-De Pinte · since 2019
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Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · Brussel · since 1932
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Name of an establishment of Ter Loke · Integrale jeugdhulp met huisvesting · Vosselaar · since 1955
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Abbreviation of Het Centrum · Herent · since 1992