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Compared with the KBO register · free

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.

“Mergem”

An active company already has this name

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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

11 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • Mergem same name
    Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2000
  • Merge very similar
    Market research and public opinion polling · Brakel · since 2020
  • Merge very similar
    Etterbeek · since 2021
  • Mergé very similar
    Other non-specialised retail sale · Schilde · since 2022
  • MERGER very similar
    Joinery installation · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 1987
  • Merged very similar
    Sint-Niklaas · since 2018
  • MERGEL vzw very similar
    Performing arts by independent artists · Gent · since 2025
  • Business and other management consultancy · since 2025
  • MEREM very similar
    Activities of lawyers · Wetteren · since 2023
  • KERGEM very similar
    Wholesale of diamonds and other precious stones · Antwerpen · since 2002
  • Meriem very similar
    Performing arts by independent artists · Kalmthout · since 2024
Names that resemble it 12 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • MERG similar
    Sofia Oborichte · since 1999
  • MERGY similar
    Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 1991
  • Mergo similar
    Land surveying · Kaprijke · since 1997
  • MERGELHOF similar
    Operation of sports facilities · Plombières · since 1991
  • MERGAN similar
    Plumbing work · Liedekerke · since 1988
  • MERGAN similar
    Physiotherapy · Waasmunster · since 1998
  • VAN OMERGEM similar
    Freight transport by road · Meise · since 2024
  • Abbreviation of Koninklijke Voetbal Vereniging De Mickey's Zomergem · Football clubs · Lievegem · since 1957
  • HOF SOMERGEM similar
    Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Haaltert · since 1978
  • TTC ZOMERGEM similar
    Lievegem · since 1982
  • LRV Zomergem similar
    Abbreviation of Koninklijke Landelijke Rijvereniging Sint-Martinus Zomergem · Lievegem · since 1988
  • Lievegem · since 2001

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