Name check
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.
“Merlijn”
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.
Also pick your activity to see whether a similar name exists in your own sector.
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
29 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Kapellen · since 1981
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Roeselare · since 1983
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Sawmilling and planing of wood · Frasnes-lez-Anvaing · since 2016
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Name of an establishment of WENCA · Full-service restaurants · Zonnebeke · since 2009
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Sawmilling and planing of wood · since 2012
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Retail sale of household furniture · Geraardsbergen · since 1989
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Other building finishing work · Elsene · since 1991
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Full-service restaurants · Chaudfontaine · since 2002
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · since 2016
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Other postal and courier activities · Grobbendonk · since 2021
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Retail sale of flowers, plants, seeds and fertilisers · since 2022
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Detailhandel in vis en schaal- en weekdieren · Nieuwpoort · since 2003
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Literary creation · since 2025
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Activiteiten op het gebied van psychotherapie · since 2026
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Advertising agencies · since 2021
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Nursing and midwifery · since 2023
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Activities of holding companies · Holsbeek · since 2015
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General construction of residential buildings · Asse · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2022
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Advertising agencies · Putte · since 2024
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Site preparation · since 2016
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Joinery installation · since 2022
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Development of residential building projects · since 2025
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Washing and cleaning of motor vehicles · since 2025
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Activities of lawyers · Antwerpen · since 2022
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2025
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Landscape service activities · since 2026
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Brussel · since 1986
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Oostkamp · since 1976
Names that resemble it 19 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Day nurseries and crèches · Brecht · since 2014
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Verhuur en lease van caravans · Bredene · since 2021
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Contrecoeur · since 2005
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Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · Pelt · since 1989
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Lokeren · since 2016
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Ranst · since 2011
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Activities of building architects · Gent · since 2024
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La Hulpe · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Niklaas · since 2018
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Activities of notaries · Oudergem · since 2024
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Activities of holding companies · Schilde · since 2024
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Machelen (Brab.) · since 2025
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Erpe-Mere · since 1948
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Kampeer- en caravanterreinen · Merelbeke-Melle · since 1980
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Name of an establishment of KWASI · Cafés and bars · Brussel · since 2008
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Households as employers of domestic personnel · since 2022
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Abbreviation of OK SPORTS · Ukkel · since 2011
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2025
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Name of an establishment of MERLO SRL · Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Rochefort · since 2026