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.
“MERLIN SOFTWARE”
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
11 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Other software publishing · Chaudfontaine · since 2021
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Bonheiden · since 2016
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Computer programming · Antwerpen · since 2023
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Retail sale of household furniture · Geraardsbergen · since 1989
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Other building finishing work · Elsene · since 1991
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Full-service restaurants · Chaudfontaine · since 2002
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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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Detailhandel in vis en schaal- en weekdieren · Nieuwpoort · since 2003
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Activiteiten op het gebied van psychotherapie · since 2026
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Brussel · since 1986
Names that resemble it 22 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Computer programming · since 2026
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Other information technology and computer services · since 2016
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Mons · since 2019
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Antwerpen · since 2021
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Computer programming · Vilvoorde · since 2021
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · Haaltert · since 2024
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Heusden-Zolder · since 2024
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Computer programming · Brasschaat · since 2000
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Name of an establishment of MIM Software Brussels · Other software publishing · Brussel · since 2014
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Computer programming · since 1999
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Oudenaarde · since 2023
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Computer programming · Mechelen · since 1993
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · Oostende · since 2009
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Braine-l'Alleud · since 2018
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Computer programming · since 2019
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2019
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Computer programming · La Hulpe · since 2020
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Computer programming · Willebroek · since 2022
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Other information technology and computer services · Zaventem · since 2010
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Computer programming · Tervuren · since 2023
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Activities of head offices · Brugge · since 2025
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Abbreviation of Mobile My Day software · Other software publishing · Ukkel · since 2015