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“Menerva”

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Same or very similar names

21 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • Menerva same name
    Buying and selling of own real estate · Lokeren · since 2014
  • Menerva same name
    Detailhandel in onderkleding, lingerie en strand- en badkleding · Beringen · since 2024
  • Sole trader same name
    Nursing and midwifery · since 2025
  • Minerva very similar
    Antwerpen · since 1982
  • MINERVA very similar
    Detailhandel in lederwaren en reisartikelen · Gent · since 1990
  • Minerva very similar
    Geel · since 1991
  • MINERVA very similar
    Verhuur en lease van tenten · Turnhout · since 1997
  • Menerga very similar
    Groothandel in machines voor de mijnbouw, de bouwnijverheid en de weg- en waterbouw · Aarschot · since 1998
  • MINERVA very similar
    Mortsel · since 2001
  • Sole trader very similar
    Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · since 2013
  • Minerva very similar
    Abbreviation of VZW Studiekring Minerva · Gent · since 2013
  • Sole trader very similar
    Retail sale of souvenirs and religious articles · since 2015
  • MINERVA very similar
    Other membership organisations · Gent · since 2016
  • MINERVA very similar
    Other business support services · Antwerpen · since 2017
  • MINERVA very similar
    Vermogensbeheer · Ieper · since 2019
  • Minerva very similar
    Vermogensbeheer · Wuustwezel · since 2019
  • MINERVA very similar
    Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Gent · since 2020
  • Minerva very similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Kampenhout · since 2021
  • Sole trader very similar
    Activiteiten van industriële wasserijen · since 1971
  • MINERVA very similar
    Detailhandel in boeken · Lochristi · since 2024
  • MYNERVA very similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Damme · since 2025
Names that resemble it 10 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • Sole trader similar
    Business and other management consultancy · since 2020
  • Menergy similar
    Production of electricity from non-renewable sources · Merksplas · since 2023
  • MenE similar
    Vervaardiging van andere machines voor specifieke doeleinden n.e.g. · since 2001
  • Sole trader similar
    Other professional, scientific and technical activities · since 2026
  • NERVA similar
    Vervaardiging van artikelen van beton voor de bouw · Harelbeke · since 1963
  • MENES similar
    Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Sint-Truiden · since 2000
  • MENEM similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Genesius-Rode · since 2013
  • Sole trader similar
    Public relations and communication consultancy · since 2018
  • Menes similar
    Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Tienen · since 2008
  • NERVA similar
    Vocational training · Rumst · since 2026

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. A name can be free in the register and still be protected as a trademark. Trademarks are searched in the registers of the Benelux Office for Intellectual Property (BOIP, boip.int) and the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO, euipo.europa.eu).
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