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.
“MERCKATOR”
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
17 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Activities of holding companies · Leuven · since 2018
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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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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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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Asse · since 2011
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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
Names that resemble it 12 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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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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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Pajottegem · since 1991
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General construction of residential buildings · since 1989
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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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Agents in the wholesale of industrial machinery, ships and aircraft · since 2023
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Market research and public opinion polling · since 2012
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Antwerpen · since 2006
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Video and film production, excluding cinema and television films · Antwerpen · since 2020