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.
“Meerman”
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
28 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Cafés and bars · Oostende · since 2025
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Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · since 2016
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Floor and wall tiling · since 2017
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Activities of holding companies · Hoogstraten · since 2020
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Retail sale of motor vehicle parts and accessories · Asse · since 1989
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Full-service restaurants · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 1996
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Proefboren en boren · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2020
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Washing and cleaning of motor vehicles · since 2021
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2010
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Floor and wall tiling · since 2008
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Activiteiten van slachthuizen · since 2025
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Vervaardiging van borstelwaren · Tielt · since 1978
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since 1984
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Floor and wall tiling · Gavere · since 1992
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Brugge · since 1998
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Performing arts by artistic ensembles · Antwerpen · since 2020
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Trade name of GROMOS · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Waasmunster · since 2021
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General electrical installation work · since 2022
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Verwerking en conservering van vlees van gevogelte · Kluisbergen · since 2009
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Painting of buildings · Zele · since 2009
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Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 2004
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Land surveying · since 2025
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · Duffel · since 2026
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Inzameling van ongevaarlijk afval · since 2026
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2009
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Bemiddelingsactiviteiten voor de gespecialiseerde detailhandel · since 2026
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Other specialised construction activities · Hoogstraten · since 2009
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Plumbing work · since 2019
Names that resemble it 27 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Mixed farming · since 1984
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since 1965
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Other information service activities · since 2017
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Mixed farming · since 2009
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Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · since 1990
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Aalst · since 1981
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Rechtstreekse verzekeringsverrichtingen leven · Zwevegem · since 1992
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Quaregnon · since 1996
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Landscape service activities · Vleteren · since 2001
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Quaregnon · since 2013
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Retail sale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, excluding motor fuels · since 2018
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Socio-cultural adult education · Antwerpen · since 2019
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since 2017
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Other social work without accommodation · since 2024
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Bodywork repair (including spraying and painting) · since 1997
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Overige bemiddeling in en beheer van onroerend goed voor een vast bedrag of op contractbasis, n.e.g. · since 2026
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Ninove · since 2003
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Lommel · since 2023
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Activities of holding companies · Koksijde · since 2006
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Raising of dairy cattle · since 2016
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Sports and recreation education · since 2025
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Activities of building architects · since 1989
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Growing of vegetables, melons, roots and tubers · since 2019
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2008
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Wholesale of other household goods · since 2024
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Pre-press and pre-media services · since 2020
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Retie · since 2026