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.
“MERHO”
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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Advertising agencies · Brasschaat · since 1985
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Kampeer- en caravanterreinen · Merelbeke-Melle · since 1980
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Business and other management consultancy · Elsene · since 1997
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Land surveying · Kaprijke · since 1997
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Computer programming · Scherpenheuvel-Zichem · since 1998
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Painting of buildings · Ardooie · since 2020
Names that resemble it 14 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Retie · since 1993
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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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Vermogensbeheer · Verviers · since 2016
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2021
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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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Lokeren · since 1990
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Brussel · since 2001
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Verenigingen en bewegingen voor volwassenen · Brussel · since 2002
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2003
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Pig breeding farms · Hoogstraten · since 2024
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Other professional, scientific and technical activities · Wommelgem · since 2008
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Schaarbeek · since 1997