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.
“MERSA”
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
13 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Genk · since 2018
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Algemene bouw van kantoorgebouwen · Hasselt · since 2022
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Travel agency activities · Antwerpen · since 2022
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Full-service restaurants · Lokeren · since 2009
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Retail sale of women's outerwear · Schoten · since 2017
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Agents in the wholesale of furniture, household goods and hardware · Ingelmunster · since 2023
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Cafés and bars · Gent · since 2026
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Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2020
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Verenigingen op het vlak van milieu en mobiliteit · Amay · since 2021
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2023
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2026
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Retail sale of automotive fuel · Antwerpen · since 2026
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Retail sale of automotive fuel · since 2026
Names that resemble it 17 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of MEDIA EXPERT RESEARCH SYSTEM · Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · Antwerpen · since 1998
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Computer programming · Mortsel · since 2015
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Other postal and courier activities · Antwerpen · since 2025
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Baarle-Hertog · since 2007
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Cafés and bars · Antwerpen · since 2004
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Activiteiten van bejaardenzorg aan huis, muv (thuis)verpleging · since 2026
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Abbreviation of Menten Electro Retie · General electrical installation work · Retie · since 1978
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Windhof 8399 · since 2001
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Vermogensbeheer · Verviers · since 2016
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2021
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Abbreviation of MISSION EVANGELIQUE LA RECONCILIATION · Grimbergen · since 2026
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Business and other management consultancy · Soumagne · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of GERALIE · Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · Knokke-Heist · since 2001
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Full-service restaurants · Verviers · since 1996
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Real estate agency activities · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2024
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Schilde · since 1983
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Computer programming · Wemmel · since 2017