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.
“Merlink”
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
14 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Ranst · since 2011
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Psychology services · since 2018
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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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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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Activiteiten op het gebied van psychotherapie · since 2026
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Lokeren · since 2016
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Wired, wireless and satellite telecommunications · Elsene · since 1980
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Activities of holding companies · Schoten · since 2024
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Abbreviation of MEDLINK – Medical Networking Association · Namur · since 2026
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Brussel · since 1986
Names that resemble it 42 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Contrecoeur · since 2005
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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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Business and other management consultancy · Lievegem · since 2025
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Visual arts creation · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of STOETERIJ MERLINSHOF · Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · De Panne · since 1998
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Pet training · since 2025
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since 2022
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since 2022
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Other business support services · Sint-Martens-Latem · since 2025
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Other education · since 2026
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Kapellen · since 1981
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Roeselare · since 1983
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Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · Pelt · since 1989
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Activities of holding companies · Holsbeek · since 2015
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Sawmilling and planing of wood · Frasnes-lez-Anvaing · since 2016
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General construction of residential buildings · Asse · since 2022
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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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Activities of building architects · Gent · since 2024
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La Hulpe · since 2023
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since 1988
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since 2017
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Business and other management consultancy · Nijlen · since 2020
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Joinery installation · since 2020
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Other information service activities · since 2021
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2009
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Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Aalter · since 2004
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Socio-cultural adult education · since 2023
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Erpe-Mere · since 1948
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Name of an establishment · Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 2021
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Name of an establishment of KWASI · Cafés and bars · Brussel · since 2008
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since 2010
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since 2011
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since 1974
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Name of an establishment · Other business support services · Zonhoven · since 2007
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Tournai · since 2024
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2025
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Other specialised construction activities · Oud-Turnhout · since 2017
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Ukkel · since 1987