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.
“MERCIT”
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
13 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Computer programming · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2019
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Baggerwerken · since 2009
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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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Gent · since 2025
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Name of an establishment of Some1 · Detailhandel in breigarens, handwerken en fournituren · Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 2007
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Name of an establishment of FORUM JOBS · Temporary employment agencies and other provision of personnel · Roeselare · since 1997
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Buggenhout · since 2016
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Name of an establishment of HB.A · Design of textile patterns, clothing, jewellery, furniture and decorative items · since 2018
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2023
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Niet-gespecialiseerde groothandel in niet-diepgevroren voedingsmiddelen, dranken en genotmiddelen · La Louvière · since 1993
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · Merchtem · since 2013
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Name of an establishment of De Kleinen Bistro · Full-service restaurants · Malle · since 2012
Names that resemble it 30 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Joinery installation · since 1996
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Activities of notaries · Dilbeek · since 2017
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Computer programming · Brussel · since 2019
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Fleurus · since 2021
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Abbreviation of MERCI QUI? DISTRIBUTION · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2010
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Groothandel in andere akkerbouwproducten · Schaarbeek · 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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Abbreviation of Weekendclub Merck · Kortemark · since 2019
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Employment placement agencies · Leuven · since 2022
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Activiteiten van bejaardenzorg aan huis, muv (thuis)verpleging · since 2023
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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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Antwerpen · since 1995
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Elsene · since 2016
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Trade name of Weldon · Machining of metals · Laarne · since 2017
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Joinery installation · since 1988
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Landscape service activities · since 2020
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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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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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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · La Louvière · since 2022
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Full-service restaurants · Gent · since 2003
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Full-service restaurants · Wuustwezel · since 2006