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.
“MERIC”
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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Schaarbeek · since 1987
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Jette · since 1989
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2020
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 1999
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2022
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Retail sale of wines and spirits · since 2022
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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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General construction of other non-residential buildings · Heusden-Zolder · since 2017
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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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Name of an establishment of PAKIO · Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Maldegem · since 1999
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Land surveying · Vorst · since 2014
Names that resemble it 39 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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Business and other management consultancy · Kalmthout · since 2012
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Retail sale of other cultural and recreation goods · since 2017
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Retail sale of motorcycles and motorcycle parts and accessories · since 2014
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Raising of other animals · since 2011
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General cleaning of buildings · since 2026
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Computer programming · since 2014
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Activities of building architects · since 1998
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Sports and recreation education · since 2009
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Specialist medical practice · since 1998
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since 2012
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Households as employers of domestic personnel · since 2026
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · since 1992
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Mixed farming · since 1992
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Wholesale of beverages, general range · since 1990
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Retail sale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, excluding motor fuels · since 1976
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · since 1988
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Wholesale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · since 1980
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General cleaning of buildings · since 2011
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Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · since 2020
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Combined facilities support activities · since 2022
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Activities of holding companies · Dendermonde · since 2022
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Physiotherapy · since 1997
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since 2000
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Logging · since 2008
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Business and other management consultancy · Genappe · since 2015
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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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Lyon · 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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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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Cafés and bars · Essen · since 2010
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Land surveying · since 2007
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Business and other management consultancy · Izegem · since 2025