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.
“MERLEX”
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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Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 2011
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2025
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Vervaardiging van ander technisch en industrieel textiel · Oud-Turnhout · since 1986
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Other information service activities · Les Bons Villers · since 2021
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Activities of lawyers · since 2012
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · La Bruyère · since 1985
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Other building finishing work · Oudenaarde · since 2013
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Activities of lawyers · Brugge · since 2013
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Specialist medical practice · since 2009
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Business and other management consultancy · Lubbeek · since 2017
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Business and other management consultancy · Aalter · since 2020
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Activities of lawyers · Ichtegem · since 2021
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Activities of lawyers · Mechelen · since 2021
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Scheduled passenger transport by road · since 2022
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Specialist medical practice · Haacht · since 2022
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Abbreviation of Metallon Clean Extractions · Winning van andere non-ferrometaalertsen · Antwerpen · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · Seneffe · since 2025
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Other building finishing work · Anderlecht · since 1989
Names that resemble it 27 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Luxembourg · since 2014
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Vervaardiging van andere keramische producten · Waregem · since 2021
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2021
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La Hulpe · since 2023
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Insurance agents and brokers · Lievegem · since 2025
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Other business support services · Ieper · since 2021
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Activities of notaries · Gembloux · since 2026
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Erpe-Mere · since 1948
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Kampeer- en caravanterreinen · Merelbeke-Melle · since 1980
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Name of an establishment of KWASI · Cafés and bars · Brussel · since 2008
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Abbreviation of OK SPORTS · Ukkel · since 2011
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Name of an establishment of MERLO SRL · Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Rochefort · since 2026
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Retail sale of wines and spirits · since 2022
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Other business support services · Etterbeek · since 1987
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Retail sale of household furniture · Geraardsbergen · since 1989
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Elsene · since 1991
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Full-service restaurants · Chaudfontaine · since 2002
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Activiteiten van musea en collecties · since 2001
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Retail sale of other cultural and recreation goods · Erpe-Mere · since 2018
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Other postal and courier activities · Grobbendonk · since 2021
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Retail sale of flowers, plants, seeds and fertilisers · since 2022
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Name of an establishment of NMD CARS · General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Leuze-en-Hainaut · since 2011
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Detailhandel in vis en schaal- en weekdieren · Nieuwpoort · since 2003
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Office administrative and support services · Hoogstraten · since 2004
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Wholesale of wines and spirits · Hulshout · since 2023
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Activiteiten op het gebied van psychotherapie · since 2026
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Brussel · since 1986