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.
“MERCAT”
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
28 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Niet-gespecialiseerde groothandel in niet-diepgevroren voedingsmiddelen, dranken en genotmiddelen · La Louvière · since 1993
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Name of an establishment of De Kleinen Bistro · Full-service restaurants · Malle · since 2012
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Name of an establishment of Chris en Loren · Full-service restaurants · Tervuren · since 2014
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Name of an establishment of PAVE · Cafés and bars · Blankenberge · since 2016
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Pet boarding · since 2012
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Name of an establishment of VERKOOPBURO ROELANT & COMPANY · Wholesale of other household goods · Zwevegem · since 1985
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Windraak · since 1986
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Cafés and bars · Antwerpen · since 1989
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Driving schools for cars and motorcycles · Leuven · since 1989
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Name of an establishment of KERLINGA · Kampeer- en caravanterreinen · Bredene · since 1993
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Logging · Büllingen · since 1997
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Full-service restaurants · since 2015
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Retail sale of pharmaceutical products · since 2002
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Other information service activities · Herent · since 2017
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Market research and public opinion polling · Kortenaken · since 2018
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Full-service restaurants · since 1968
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Vervaardiging van bereide maaltijden en schotels · since 1996
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Mechelen · since 2009
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Cafés and bars · since 2018
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Full-service restaurants · since 1976
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Site preparation · since 2007
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Cafés and bars · since 2025
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Full-service restaurants · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2025
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Elsene · since 2016
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 1994
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Retail sale of watches and jewellery · Genk · since 2020
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Deinze · since 2021
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Full-service restaurants · Wuustwezel · since 2006
Names that resemble it 27 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Schoten · since 2016
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · since 2019
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Name of an establishment of IDEALE SUPERMERCATO · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Anderlues · since 2021
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2022
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Video and film production, excluding cinema and television films · Antwerpen · since 2020
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Activiteiten van bejaardenzorg aan huis, muv (thuis)verpleging · since 2023
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2023
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Baelen · since 2019
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Other legal services · Baelen · since 2008
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Antwerpen · since 1997
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Office administrative and support services · Vaux-sur-Sûre · since 2016
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Retail sale of other cultural and recreation goods · Hooglede · since 2023
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Wholesale of pharmaceutical and medical goods · Hoeilaart · since 1951
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Business and other management consultancy · Elsene · since 1997
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Computer programming · Scherpenheuvel-Zichem · since 1998
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Waterloo · since 2000
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Support activities for crop production · Sint-Laureins · since 2013
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Baggerwerken · since 2009
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Abbreviation of Weekendclub Merck · Kortemark · since 2019
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Abbreviation of Merci à la vie · Beauty care and other beauty treatments · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2022
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Abbreviation of Maison Européenne pour le Rayonnement de la Citoyenneté · Other membership organisations · Tintigny · since 2006
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Name of an establishment · Activities of lawyers · Sint-Martens-Latem · since 2020
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Name of an establishment · Development of residential building projects · Roeselare · since 2022
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Antwerpen · since 2008
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Name of an establishment of Events · Advertising agencies · Maaseik · since 2019
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Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 1993
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Oostkamp · since 1993