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.
“MERTEX BV”
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
2 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Groothandel in spellen en speelgoed · Breda · since 2009
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Name of an establishment of METEX · Other tax advisory services · Ardooie · since 1989
Names that resemble it 31 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Halsteren · since 1976
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Activities of holding companies · Rijkevorsel · since 1984
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Heist-op-den-Berg · since 1985
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Sint-Niklaas · since 1987
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Vervaardiging van edelsmeedwerk · Vorst · since 1991
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Baelen · since 1993
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Joinery installation · Grimbergen · since 1994
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Groothandel in sport- en kampeerartikelen, met uitzondering van fietsen · Overijse · since 1994
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Raising of dairy cattle · Malle · since 1997
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Kippenkwekerijen · Hamont-Achel · since 1998
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Gent · since 2001
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Plumbing work · Gavere · since 2019
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Vermogensbeheer · Antwerpen · since 2014
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Manufacture of medical and dental instruments and supplies · since 2009
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Freight transport by road · Merchtem · since 2010
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Varkensvetmesterijen · Londerzeel · since 2012
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Freight transport by road · since 2005
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Retail sale of watches and jewellery · Leuven · since 1996
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Temse · since 1997
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Nursing and midwifery · Rijkevorsel · since 2017
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since 2021
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Site preparation · Mol · since 2025
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Office administrative and support services · Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 1998
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Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Pieters-Leeuw · since 2000
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Kippenkwekerijen · since 2001
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Repair and maintenance of other personal and household goods · since 2020
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Mixed farming · since 1977
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2022
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Advertising agencies · since 2026
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Name of an establishment · Buying and selling of own real estate · Erpe-Mere · since 2016
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Verhuur en lease van vrachtwagens · since 2013