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.
“MERILU”
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
8 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Growing of vegetables, melons, roots and tubers · Diepenbeek · since 2021
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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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Land surveying · since 2007
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Luxembourg · since 2016
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Bonn · since 2024
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Oudsbergen · since 2022
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Antwerpen · since 1989
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Hannut · since 2011
Names that resemble it 30 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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Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2017
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Name of an establishment of LES ECURIES DU BERGER · Groothandel in zuivelproducten en eieren · Leuze-en-Hainaut · since 2003
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Name of an establishment of ROZA · Activiteiten van slachthuizen · Gent · since 2005
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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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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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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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Development of residential building projects · Knokke-Heist · since 2023
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Cafés and bars · Essen · since 2010
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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