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.
“CALAO”
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
7 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Vervaardiging van roomijs en ander consumptie-ijs · Waterloo · since 2020
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Landscape service activities · Boechout · since 1996
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Vervaardiging van spellen en speelgoed · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2023
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Activities of holding companies · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2024
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Business and other management consultancy · Zulte · since 2022
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Other building finishing work · Namur · since 2011
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Business and other management consultancy · Grez-Doiceau · since 2008
Names that resemble it 33 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of CALA KEUKENS EN INTERIEUR · Retail sale of household furniture · Tessenderlo-Ham · since 2016
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Activities of lawyers · since 2024
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Zwevegem · since 1991
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Abbreviation of CENTRE D'ACTIVITES LUDIQUES ARTISTIQUES ET MUSICALES POUR ENFANTS · Schaarbeek · since 1995
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Begijnendijk · since 2000
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Computer programming · Antwerpen · since 2021
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Manufacture of beer · Thimister-Clermont · since 2022
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Logistics services · since 2022
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Beauvechain · since 2023
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Other membership organisations · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 2010
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Retail sale of medical and orthopaedic goods, excluding prescription glasses and lenses · Eghezée · since 2004
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Other publishing activities, excluding software publishing · Chaumont-Gistoux · since 2008
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Other legal services · Lier · since 2025
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Name of an establishment of Compagnie des Autobus liégeois · Scheduled passenger transport by road · Sprimont · since 1922
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Abbreviation of Les Cadets des Anciens des Armees d'Occupation Cao · Brussel · since 1949
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Abbreviation of Centre d'Action Laique · Uitgeven van tijdschriften · Elsene · since 1969
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Name of an establishment of 4IMB · Business and other management consultancy · Koekelberg · since 2018
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Wetteren · since 2022
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Abbreviation of CABINET D'ANESTHESIE LEBREUX · Specialist medical practice · Namur · since 2008
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Name of an establishment of VAN OVERMEIREN TEXTILES · Agents in the wholesale of textiles, clothing, fur, footwear and leather goods · Oudenaarde · since 1990
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Activities of holding companies · Geel · since 1991
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Real estate agency activities · Rixensart · since 1992
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Specialist medical practice · Braine-l'Alleud · since 1997
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Torhout · since 2016
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Abbreviation of Calamus Communication · Translation services · Brussel · since 2020
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Vermogensbeheer · Oudergem · since 2020
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Veterinary services · Beauraing · since 2005
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Computer programming · Gent · since 2024
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Day spas, saunas and steam baths · since 2025
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Name of an establishment of AFOSY · Detailhandel in vis en schaal- en weekdieren · Brussel · since 2024
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Activities of holding companies · Herentals · since 2024
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Business and other management consultancy · Herstal · since 2026
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Full-service restaurants · Anderlecht · since 2019