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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.

“MEERLE”

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.

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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.

  • MEERLE same name
    Office administrative and support services · Hoogstraten · since 2004
  • Merle very similar
    Public relations and communication consultancy · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2025
  • Meerle Hoeve very similar
    Raising of sheep and goats · Hoogstraten · since 2024
  • LDC Meerle very similar
    Name of an establishment of Openbaar Centrum voor Maatschappelijk Welzijn van Hoogstraten · Openbare Centra voor Maatschappelijk Welzijn (OCMW) · Hoogstraten · since 1968
  • Bio Meerle very similar
    Name of an establishment of BIOPHARM · Retail sale of pharmaceutical products · Kortenberg · since 1989
  • K.F.C. Meerle very similar
    Abbreviation of Koninklijke Football Club Meerle · Contract catering and other food service activities · Hoogstraten · since 1971
  • Bio-Meerle very similar
    Vervaardiging van kunstmeststoffen en stikstofverbindingen · Hoogstraten · since 2016
  • MEEROE very similar
    Office administrative and support services · Deerlijk · since 1991
  • VEERLE very similar
    Varkensvetmesterijen · Wingene · since 1998
  • VEERLE (sole trader) very similar
    Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 1988
  • Meeple very similar
    Zonhoven · since 2019
  • Veerle (sole trader) very similar
    Day spas, saunas and steam baths · since 2023
  • Veerle (sole trader) very similar
    Hairdressing and barber services · since 2008
  • Meers E (sole trader) very similar
    Visual arts creation · since 2026
  • MEERLE DOGS very similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Raising of other animals · Hoogstraten · since 1992
Names that resemble it 39 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.

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