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“Merle”

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Same or very similar names

10 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • Merle same name
    Public relations and communication consultancy · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2025
  • MERLET very similar
    Vervaardiging van ander technisch en industrieel textiel · Oud-Turnhout · since 1986
  • MERLEX very similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 2011
  • MEERLE very similar
    Office administrative and support services · Hoogstraten · since 2004
  • MERLY very similar
    Vervaardiging van zeep en wasmiddelen · Erpe-Mere · since 1948
  • MERLO very similar
    Kampeer- en caravanterreinen · Merelbeke-Melle · since 1980
  • MERLO very similar
    Name of an establishment of KWASI · Cafés and bars · Brussel · since 2008
  • MERLO very similar
    Abbreviation of DROGENBOS SPORT-MERLO · Ukkel · since 2011
  • MERLO very similar
    Name of an establishment of MERLO SRL · Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Rochefort · since 2026
  • Sole trader very similar
    Retail sale of wines and spirits · since 2022
Names that resemble it 47 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • MeRL similar
    La Hulpe · since 2023
  • MER L'EAU similar
    Luxembourg · since 2014
  • Mer l'eau similar
    Vervaardiging van andere keramische producten · Waregem · since 2021
  • Sole trader similar
    Photography, excluding press photography · since 2021
  • Merlein similar
    Insurance agents and brokers · Lievegem · since 2025
  • MERLEMCO similar
    Other business support services · Ieper · since 2021
  • Sole trader similar
    since 2017
  • Sole trader similar
    Manufacture of outerwear · since 2023
  • MERLON similar
    Other business support services · Etterbeek · since 1987
  • MERLIN similar
    Retail sale of household furniture · Geraardsbergen · since 1989
  • MERLIN similar
    Elsene · since 1991
  • MERLIN similar
    Full-service restaurants · Chaudfontaine · since 2002
  • Merlux similar
    Other building finishing work · Oudenaarde · since 2013
  • Sole trader similar
    Activiteiten van musea en collecties · since 2001
  • Merlyn similar
    Retail sale of other cultural and recreation goods · Erpe-Mere · since 2018
  • MERLIN similar
    Other postal and courier activities · Grobbendonk · since 2021
  • Sole trader similar
    Retail sale of flowers, plants, seeds and fertilisers · since 2022
  • Merlot similar
    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
  • MERLIN similar
    Detailhandel in vis en schaal- en weekdieren · Nieuwpoort · since 2003
  • Merloo similar
    Wholesale of wines and spirits · Hulshout · since 2023
  • Sole trader similar
    Activiteiten op het gebied van psychotherapie · since 2026
  • M.E.R. similar
    Abbreviation of Menten Electro Retie · General electrical installation work · Retie · since 1978
  • MER similar
    Windhof 8399 · since 2001
  • Sole trader similar
    Other education · since 2017
  • Sole trader similar
    Office administrative and support services · since 2025
  • MER similar
    Vermogensbeheer · Verviers · since 2016
  • Sole trader similar
    since 2019
  • Sole trader similar
    since 2021
  • Sole trader similar
    Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2021
  • Sole trader similar
    Design of textile patterns, clothing, jewellery, furniture and decorative items · since 2026
  • Sole trader similar
    since 2003
  • Sole trader similar
    Podiatry and foot care · since 2025
  • Sole trader similar
    Vervaardiging van artikelen van kurk, riet of vlechtwerk · since 2023
  • M E R similar
    Abbreviation of MISSION EVANGELIQUE LA RECONCILIATION · Grimbergen · since 2026
  • M.E.R similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Soumagne · since 2026
  • Merlijn similar
    Kapellen · since 1981
  • Merlijn similar
    Roeselare · since 1983
  • MERLILO similar
    Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · Pelt · since 1989
  • MERLION similar
    Activities of holding companies · Holsbeek · since 2015
  • MERLUZA similar
    Detailhandel in vis en schaal- en weekdieren · Brussel · since 2016
  • MERLIEN similar
    General construction of residential buildings · Asse · since 2022
  • Merlink similar
    Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Ranst · since 2011
  • Sole trader similar
    Sawmilling and planing of wood · since 2012
  • Sole trader similar
    Cafés and bars · since 2006
  • MERLUNO similar
    Vocational training · Kontich · since 2006
  • Merlier similar
    Activities of building architects · Gent · since 2024
  • Merlin similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Brussel · since 1986

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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