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.
“MERKATOR”
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
21 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Asse · since 2011
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Name of an establishment of TROUBADOUR · Full-service restaurants · Leuven · since 1998
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Activities of holding companies · Leuven · since 2018
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Activities of holding companies · Asse · since 2023
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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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ZOELMOND · 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
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Asse · since 2023
Names that resemble it 11 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Business and other management consultancy · Machelen (Brab.) · since 2020
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Insulation installation · Genk · since 2024
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Other membership organisations · Elsene · since 2021
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Genk · since 2003
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2017
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Advertising agencies · Antwerpen · since 2021
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Repair and maintenance of computers and communication equipment · Brasschaat · since 2009
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OUDKARSPEL · since 2024
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Knokke-Heist · since 2017
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Web portal activities · since 2019
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Activities of holding companies · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2019