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.
“CAIR”
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
2 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Specialist medical practice · Nazareth-De Pinte · since 2016
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Diensten in verband met de luchtvaart · Waasmunster · since 2018
Names that resemble it 32 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Wemmel · since 1987
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Heuvelland · since 1989
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Name of an establishment of S en A · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Torhout · since 1995
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Business and other management consultancy · Rumst · since 2002
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 1995
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Abbreviation of CAIRN.CONSEIL · Business and other management consultancy · Brussel · since 2018
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Name of an establishment of CAIRN.INFO · Other publishing activities, excluding software publishing · Paris · since 2005
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Wholesale of information and communication equipment · Wavre · since 2005
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Agents and brokers in banking services · Etterbeek · since 2007
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General construction of other non-residential buildings · Diepenbeek · since 2024
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Ukkel · since 1971
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Abbreviation of Commission d'Aide aux Inventeurs · Verviers · since 1971
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Business and other management consultancy · Ham-sur-Heure-Nalinnes · since 1985
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Abbreviation of CESSION D'AFFAIRES ET IMMOBILIER · Real estate agency activities · Charleroi · since 1995
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Abbreviation of Célibataires Anonymes International · Brussel · since 2001
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's-Gravenhage · since 2017
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2020
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2021
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · since 2021
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Other building finishing work · Wemmel · since 2022
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Activiteiten van makelaars en agenten voor elektriciteit en aardgas · since 2026
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Other personal services · since 1988
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Computer programming · Genappe · since 2026
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Abbreviation of Centre Ener'J · Youth work associations · Charleroi · since 1989
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 1988
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Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 2025
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Full-service restaurants · since 2021
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Business and other management consultancy · Etterbeek · since 2025
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Activities of notaries · Court-Saint-Etienne · since 2018
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Abbreviation of CARING entreprises · since 2013
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Brussel · since 1995
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Vilvoorde · since 2023