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.
“CAFACO”
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
16 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Wortegem-Petegem · since 2000
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Activities of holding companies · Izegem · since 1991
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Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · Wielsbeke · since 1994
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Detailhandel in herenbovenkleding · Brussel · since 2014
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Abbreviation of CALLEBAUT MANAGEMENT CONSULTING · Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Sint-Lievens-Houtem · since 2015
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Equestrian clubs · Houthalen-Helchteren · since 2017
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Abbreviation of Cassart Management Company · Personenvervoer door de lucht · Rixensart · since 2017
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Verwerking van thee en koffie · Walcourt · since 2021
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Business and other management consultancy · Liège · since 2021
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Activities of head offices · Kortrijk · since 2023
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Durbuy · since 2004
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HULDANGE · since 2005
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Wholesale of beverages, general range · Ranst · since 2006
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Business and other management consultancy · Grez-Doiceau · since 2008
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Kapellen · since 2025
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Brussel · since 2026
Names that resemble it 7 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Name of an establishment of Openbaar Centrum voor Maatschappelijk Welzijn van Sint-Gillis(bij-Brussel) · Openbare Centra voor Maatschappelijk Welzijn (OCMW) · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1968
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Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · since 2021
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Verhuur en lease van vaat- en glaswerk, keuken- en tafelgerei, elektrische huishoudapparaten en andere huishoudelijke benodigdheden · Aalst · since 2019
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Launderettes and laundries for private customers · Koksijde · since 2003
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Activities of lawyers · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 2015
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since 2004
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Braine-le-Château · since 2000