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.
“MERIAL”
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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Lyon · since 2017
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Business and other management consultancy · Genappe · since 2015
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Agents in the wholesale of timber and building materials · since 2003
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Holiday cottages, homes and apartments · since 2021
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Insurance agents and brokers · Arlon · since 2026
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2018
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Other construction installation · Hasselt · since 2010
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Gent · since 2010
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2005
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Vorst · since 1985
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General electrical installation work · Liège · since 1993
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Advertising agencies · since 1993
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Essex · since 2017
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Vermogensbeheer · Hoogstraten · since 2007
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Travel agency activities · Antwerpen · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · Anderlecht · since 2024
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Herstal · since 2025
Names that resemble it 32 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Evere · since 2002
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Name of an establishment of ROZA · Activiteiten van slachthuizen · Gent · since 2005
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Waterloo · since 1990
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Retail sale of women's outerwear · Wavre · since 2021
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Schaarbeek · since 1987
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Jette · since 1989
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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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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Brussel · since 2003
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2016
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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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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Gent · since 2018
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2023
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Real estate agency activities · since 2005
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Vervaardiging van onderdelen van elektrische installaties · Rumst · since 2026
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Brussel · since 1995
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Logging · since 2008
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2001
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Floor and wall tiling · Hasselt · since 2017
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Business and other management consultancy · Tessenderlo-Ham · since 2018
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Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 1993
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Abbreviation of Merito HR Solutions · Business and other management consultancy · Machelen (Brab.) · since 2018
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2020
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Growing of vegetables, melons, roots and tubers · Diepenbeek · since 2021
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Oudsbergen · since 2022
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Development of residential building projects · Knokke-Heist · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of EREAC · Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Hasselt · since 2009
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Cafés and bars · Essen · since 2010
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Land surveying · since 2007
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Performing arts by independent artists · Kalmthout · since 2024
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Repair and maintenance of machinery · Maldegem · since 2025
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Business and other management consultancy · Izegem · since 2025