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.
“MERX”
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
1 registered enterprise with a name easily confused with yours.
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Other financial services · Olen · since 2025
Names that resemble it 30 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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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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Business and other management consultancy · Halen · since 2024
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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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Buying and selling of own real estate · Riemst · since 1980
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Charleroi · since 1988
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Name of an establishment of ROYERS · Buying and selling of own real estate · Jette · since 1993
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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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Sofia Oborichte · since 1999
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Gent · since 2001
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Evere · since 2002
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Vervaardiging van gehomogeniseerde voedingspreparaten en dieetvoeding · Sint-Katelijne-Waver · since 2013
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Vervaardiging van kantoor- en winkelmeubelen · since 1996
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Knokke-Heist · since 2017
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Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · Heusden-Zolder · since 2019
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Web portal activities · since 2019
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Retail sale of watches and jewellery · since 2020
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Activities of holding companies · Beringen · since 2021
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Abbreviation of Mission Evangelique Rom de Belgique · Brussel · since 2022
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La Hulpe · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of ROZA · Activiteiten van slachthuizen · Gent · since 2005
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Abbreviation of MISSION ECCLESIASTIQUE DE RESTAURATION/EXODE · since 2008
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Cafés and bars · Brugge · since 2024
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Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2025
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Philippeville · since 1964
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Namur · since 1987
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Verhuur en lease van vrachtwagens · since 2013