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“ERLIN”

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Same or very similar names

27 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • ERLIN same name
    Joinery installation · Genk · since 1996
  • ERLINA very similar
    Freight transport by road · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 2025
  • Gerlin very similar
    Manufacture of dining room, living room, bedroom and bathroom furniture · Ichtegem · since 1976
  • Herlin very similar
    Wavrechain sous Faulx · since 1980
  • MERLIN very similar
    Retail sale of household furniture · Geraardsbergen · since 1989
  • MERLIN very similar
    Elsene · since 1991
  • BERLIN very similar
    Advertising agencies · Antwerpen · since 1994
  • MERLIN very similar
    Full-service restaurants · Chaudfontaine · since 2002
  • Gerlin very similar
    Affligem · since 2014
  • Sole trader very similar
    Hairdressing and barber services · since 1993
  • BER*LIN very similar
    Full-service restaurants · Gent · since 2021
  • MERLIN very similar
    Other postal and courier activities · Grobbendonk · since 2021
  • Sole trader very similar
    Retail sale of flowers, plants, seeds and fertilisers · since 2022
  • BERLIN very similar
    Video and film production, excluding cinema and television films · Antwerpen · since 2003
  • MERLIN very similar
    Detailhandel in vis en schaal- en weekdieren · Nieuwpoort · since 2003
  • Sole trader very similar
    Joinery installation · since 2025
  • Sole trader very similar
    Activiteiten op het gebied van psychotherapie · since 2026
  • Sole trader very similar
    Other postal and courier activities · since 2026
  • ERKIN very similar
    Other construction installation · Antwerpen · since 2017
  • ERZIN very similar
    Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Tessenderlo-Ham · since 2019
  • Erwin very similar
    Retail sale of other household articles · Kortenaken · since 2019
  • ERVIN very similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Lens (Hainaut) · since 2020
  • ERFIN very similar
    Charleroi · since 2020
  • Eflin very similar
    Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Deerlijk · since 2023
  • ERGIN very similar
    Demolition · Dentergem · since 2006
  • EVLiN very similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2024
  • Merlin very similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Brussel · since 1986
Names that resemble it 22 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • ERLI similar
    Retail sale of lighting equipment · Oudenaarde · since 1988
  • ERLINVEST similar
    Wholesale of machine tools · Asse · since 1987
  • Erlich similar
    Activities of lawyers · Brussel · since 2022
  • ERL similar
    Abbreviation of Snelschaatsclub Easy Riders · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 1981
  • E.R.L. similar
    Abbreviation of Entraide Raymond Leurquin · Brussel · since 1989
  • E.R.L. similar
    Support activities for crop production · Amel · since 2016
  • ERL similar
    Construction of utility projects for electricity and telecommunications · Geetbets · since 2022
  • ERL similar
    Abbreviation of En Roue Libre · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2026
  • ERLETIN similar
    Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · Oostende · since 2000
  • MAERLIN similar
    Schaarbeek · since 2003
  • Sole trader similar
    Retail sale of beverages, general range · since 1980
  • Sole trader similar
    since 2018
  • STERLIN similar
    Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Lier · since 2012
  • Sole trader similar
    Full-service restaurants · since 1980
  • E-CHAMBERLIN similar
    Name of an establishment of FANKEM MANAGEMENT AND BUSINESS · Wired, wireless and satellite telecommunications · Liège · since 2022
  • Sole trader similar
    Machining of metals · since 2012
  • Sole trader similar
    Hairdressing and barber services · since 2015
  • Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Chimay · since 2017
  • Joinery installation · Nieuwpoort · since 2017
  • Sole trader similar
    since 1987
  • Sole trader similar
    since 2022
  • Erli similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Kapelle-op-den-Bos · since 1978

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. A name can be free in the register and still be protected as a trademark. Trademarks are searched in the 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.

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