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.
“MERCES”
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
6 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Antwerpen · since 1995
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2003
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Full-service restaurants · Oudenaarde · since 2024
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Trade name of Weldon · Machining of metals · Laarne · since 2017
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Vervaardiging van overige kleding en toebehoren, n.e.g. · since 2017
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Schaarbeek · since 1998
Names that resemble it 38 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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General construction of residential buildings · Bastogne · since 1989
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Mons · since 2015
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Electrical installation work in industrial facilities · since 2025
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Name of an establishment of LQT GROUP · Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Hemiksem · since 2019
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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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Groothandel in metalen en metaalertsen · Ganshoren · since 2026
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2013
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Employment placement agencies · Leuven · since 2022
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Full-service restaurants · since 1980
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Name of an establishment of GLUECOM · Vervaardiging van andere chemische producten, n.e.g. · Lokeren · since 1979
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Niet-gespecialiseerde groothandel in niet-diepgevroren voedingsmiddelen, dranken en genotmiddelen · La Louvière · since 1993
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Elsene · since 2016
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General electrical installation work · Walhain · since 2018
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Activities of holding companies · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2018
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Computer programming · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2019
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Joinery installation · since 1988
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Retail sale of pharmaceutical products · Wichelen · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · Mechelen · since 2022
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Agents in the wholesale of industrial machinery, ships and aircraft · since 2023
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General construction of residential buildings · Gent · since 2010
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Name of an establishment of GV SERVICES · Business and other management consultancy · Herve · since 2011
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Name of an establishment of De Kleinen Bistro · Full-service restaurants · Malle · since 2012
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Market research and public opinion polling · since 2012
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 1994
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Antwerpen · since 2006
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Name of an establishment of Some1 · Detailhandel in breigarens, handwerken en fournituren · Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 2007
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Andere activiteiten op het gebied van de geestelijke gezondheidszorg · since 2026
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Waregem · since 1968
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Temporary employment agencies and other provision of personnel · Mechelen · since 2021
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Full-service restaurants · Wuustwezel · since 2006