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.
“MERCK”
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
18 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Wholesale of pharmaceutical and medical goods · Hoeilaart · since 1951
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Den Haag · since 1994
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Abbreviation of Weekendclub Merck · Kortemark · since 2019
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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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Joinery installation · since 1988
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Retail sale of pharmaceutical products · Wichelen · since 2022
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Market research and public opinion polling · since 2012
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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 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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DARLSTADT · since 2012
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Business and other management consultancy · Aalst · since 1997
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General construction of residential buildings · Gent · since 2010
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Site preparation · since 2026
Names that resemble it 45 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Name of an establishment of MEBI · Detailhandel in herenbovenkleding · Hasselt · since 1987
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Name of an establishment of HEFREMA · Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Antwerpen · since 2003
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Name of De Angushoeve · Mixed farming · Sint-Niklaas · since 1991
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since 2001
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Pajottegem · since 1991
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Retail sale of medical and orthopaedic goods, excluding prescription glasses and lenses · since 1999
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Mixed farming · since 1985
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Vorst · since 2017
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Activities of holding companies · Leuven · since 2018
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2019
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General construction of residential buildings · since 1989
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Other business support services · since 2022
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Activities of lawyers · since 2008
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since 2009
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Manufacture of other builders' carpentry and joinery · Halle · since 2005
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Ath · since 2007
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Nursing and midwifery · since 2023
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Niet-gespecialiseerde groothandel in niet-diepgevroren voedingsmiddelen, dranken en genotmiddelen · La Louvière · since 1993
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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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Computer programming · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2019
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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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Name of an establishment of De Kleinen Bistro · Full-service restaurants · Malle · 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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Abbreviation of Menten Electro Retie · General electrical installation work · Retie · since 1978
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Windhof 8399 · since 2001
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since 1981
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Vermogensbeheer · Verviers · since 2016
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Bouw van civieltechnische werken voor vloeistoffen, n.e.g. · since 2005
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2021
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since 2004
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since 1985
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Abbreviation of MISSION EVANGELIQUE LA RECONCILIATION · Grimbergen · since 2026
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Business and other management consultancy · Soumagne · since 2026
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Agents in the wholesale of industrial machinery, ships and aircraft · since 2002
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Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · since 2020
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2012
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Vervaardiging dakpannen, tegels en andere producten voor de bouw, van gebakken klei · since 2022
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since 1977
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Pet boarding · since 2012
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Full-service restaurants · Wuustwezel · since 2006