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“Merlein”

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Same or very similar names

10 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • Merlein same name
    Insurance agents and brokers · Lievegem · since 2025
  • MERLIN very similar
    Retail sale of household furniture · Geraardsbergen · since 1989
  • MERLIN very similar
    Elsene · since 1991
  • MERLIN very similar
    Full-service restaurants · Chaudfontaine · since 2002
  • MERLIN very similar
    Other postal and courier activities · Grobbendonk · since 2021
  • Sole trader very similar
    Retail sale of flowers, plants, seeds and fertilisers · since 2022
  • MERLIN very similar
    Detailhandel in vis en schaal- en weekdieren · Nieuwpoort · since 2003
  • Sole trader very similar
    Activiteiten op het gebied van psychotherapie · since 2026
  • MARLEIN very similar
    Plumbing work · Bredene · since 2019
  • Merlin very similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Brussel · since 1986
Names that resemble it 15 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • Merle similar
    Public relations and communication consultancy · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2025
  • MERLE-INVEST similar
    Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 1979
  • MERLET similar
    Vervaardiging van ander technisch en industrieel textiel · Oud-Turnhout · since 1986
  • MERLEX similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 2011
  • 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
  • MeRL similar
    La Hulpe · since 2023
  • HEERLEIN similar
    Agents and brokers in banking services · Quaregnon · since 2015
  • MERLEMCO similar
    Other business support services · Ieper · since 2021
  • MERLY similar
    Vervaardiging van zeep en wasmiddelen · Erpe-Mere · since 1948
  • MERLO similar
    Kampeer- en caravanterreinen · Merelbeke-Melle · since 1980
  • MERLO similar
    Name of an establishment of KWASI · Cafés and bars · Brussel · since 2008
  • MERLO similar
    Abbreviation of OK SPORTS · Ukkel · since 2011
  • MERLO similar
    Name of an establishment of MERLO SRL · Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Rochefort · 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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