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.
“Merve”
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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Trade name of BICER · Full-service restaurants · Gent · since 1998
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Stabroek · since 2021
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Retail sale of pharmaceutical products · since 2024
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Gent · since 1993
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Wholesale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Antwerpen · since 1984
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Business and other management consultancy · Roeselare · since 1994
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Agents and brokers in banking services · Brecht · since 2005
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2024
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Activities of lawyers · since 2026
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Logistics services · since 2022
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Psychology services · since 2022
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Other educational support services · since 2025
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since 2015
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 2023
Names that resemble it 30 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Activities of holding companies · Evergem · since 2016
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Funeral services · Kortrijk · since 2022
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Name of an establishment of AAA INVEST · Launderettes and laundries for private customers · Merchtem · since 2004
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Painting of buildings · Bierbeek · since 1999
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Painting of buildings · since 2021
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Media representation · Chièvres · since 1992
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Charleroi · since 2001
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Retail sale of medical and orthopaedic goods, excluding prescription glasses and lenses · Ninove · since 2002
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Name of an establishment of BERIVAN · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Elsene · since 1992
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Veterinary services · Merksplas · since 2021
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Business and other management consultancy · Tessenderlo-Ham · since 2012
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Abbreviation of Menten Electro Retie · General electrical installation work · Retie · since 1978
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Windhof 8399 · since 2001
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Vermogensbeheer · Verviers · since 2016
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2021
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Abbreviation of MISSION EVANGELIQUE LA RECONCILIATION · Grimbergen · since 2026
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Business and other management consultancy · Soumagne · since 2026
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Repair and maintenance of machinery · since 2008
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Other business support services · Destelbergen · since 2014
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Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2015
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Groothandel in levende dieren, muv levend vee · Nijlen · since 2021
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Activities of holding companies · Heusden-Zolder · since 2008
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Abbreviation of Maison des Jeunes de Herve · Youth work associations · Herve · since 2008
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · Roeselare · since 2013
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2015
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Name of an establishment of PADRONE · Full-service restaurants · Brugge · since 2022
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Name of an establishment of BAKKERIJ MERVEILLEUX · Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Hoegaarden · since 2009
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Dental practice · Kalmthout · since 2025
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2025
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Sports and recreation education · since 2015