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.
“MeRL”
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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La Hulpe · since 2023
Names that resemble it 51 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Vervaardiging van zeep en wasmiddelen · 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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Public relations and communication consultancy · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2025
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Rochefort · since 2026
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Abbreviation of Menten Electro Retie · General electrical installation work · Retie · since 1978
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Vervaardiging van ander technisch en industrieel textiel · Oud-Turnhout · since 1986
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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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Windhof 8399 · since 2001
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Full-service restaurants · Chaudfontaine · since 2002
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Other building finishing work · Oudenaarde · since 2013
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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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Vermogensbeheer · Verviers · since 2016
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Other postal and courier activities · Grobbendonk · since 2021
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2021
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Retail sale of flowers, plants, seeds and fertilisers · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 2011
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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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Wholesale of wines and spirits · Hulshout · since 2023
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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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Activiteiten op het gebied van psychotherapie · since 2026
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Kapellen · since 1981
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Roeselare · since 1983
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Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · Pelt · since 1989
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Luxembourg · since 2014
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Activities of holding companies · Holsbeek · since 2015
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Lokeren · since 2016
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Detailhandel in vis en schaal- en weekdieren · Brussel · since 2016
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Luxembourg · since 2016
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Sawmilling and planing of wood · Frasnes-lez-Anvaing · since 2016
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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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General construction of residential buildings · Asse · since 2022
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Name of an establishment of WENCA · Full-service restaurants · Zonnebeke · since 2009
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Ranst · since 2011
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Sawmilling and planing of wood · since 2012
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Vocational training · Kontich · since 2006
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Activities of building architects · Gent · since 2024
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Insurance agents and brokers · Lievegem · since 2025
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Evere · since 2002
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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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Name of an establishment of ROZA · Activiteiten van slachthuizen · Gent · since 2005
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Cafés and bars · Brugge · since 2024
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Brussel · since 1986