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Compared with the KBO register · free

Type the name you want to use. You see at once whether an active company already has the same or a similar name, and whether it works in your sector.

“Mercelis, Peter”

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.

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Same or very similar names

4 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • Sole trader same name
    Production of electricity from non-renewable sources · since 2024
  • Sole trader very similar
    Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 1991
  • Sole trader very similar
    Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2012
  • Sole trader very similar
    Other education · since 2018
Names that resemble it 33 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • Sole trader similar
    since 1996
  • Sole trader similar
    Vervaardiging van muziekinstrumenten · since 2022
  • MERCELIS 39 similar
    Activities of building architects · Elsene · since 1994
  • MERCELIS 66 similar
    Abbreviation of Association des copropriétaires MERCELIS 66 à Ixelles,rue Mercelis 66 · Elsene · since 2005
  • Sole trader similar
    Performing arts by independent artists · since 1995
  • Sole trader similar
    Wholesale of other food products · since 1998
  • Sole trader similar
    Vervaardiging van beschuit, biscuit en houdbaar banketbakkerswerk · since 2013
  • Sole trader similar
    since 2015
  • Sole trader similar
    Wholesale of other household goods · since 2025
  • Sole trader similar
    Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2025
  • Support activities for animal production · Merksplas · since 2013
  • Sole trader similar
    Kippenkwekerijen · since 2014
  • Sole trader similar
    Mixed farming · since 1992
  • Sole trader similar
    Varkensvetmesterijen · since 2002
  • Sole trader similar
    Nursing and midwifery · since 2025
  • Sole trader similar
    since 2023
  • Sole trader similar
    Physiotherapy · since 1999
  • Sole trader similar
    Joinery installation · since 2011
  • Sole trader similar
    Agents in the wholesale of furniture, household goods and hardware · since 2011
  • Sole trader similar
    since 1982
  • Sole trader similar
    since 2017
  • Sole trader similar
    Personenvervoer door de lucht · since 2006
  • Sole trader similar
    since 2025
  • Sole trader similar
    Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · since 2013
  • Sole trader similar
    Office administrative and support services · since 1999
  • Sole trader similar
    Inland freight water transport · since 2008
  • Peterceli similar
    Other business support services · Kortrijk · since 2024
  • Sole trader similar
    since 1998
  • Sole trader similar
    Other holiday and short-stay accommodation · since 2020
  • Sole trader similar
    Tourist information services · since 2010
  • Sole trader similar
    since 1998
  • Sole trader similar
    Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2025
  • Sole trader similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Painting of buildings · since 2007

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).
  • A domain name or a social media handle is also separate from the register.

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