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.
“CAPARBEL”
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
4 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Zaventem · since 2007
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Charleroi · since 1988
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Sint-Truiden · since 2011
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Name of an establishment of Coparbel SRL · Business and other management consultancy · Etterbeek · since 2017
Names that resemble it 24 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Design of textile patterns, clothing, jewellery, furniture and decorative items · Antwerpen · since 2002
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Other specialised construction activities · since 2006
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Dental practice · Deinze · since 2021
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Instellingen met huisvesting voor ouderen en voor personen met een lichamelijke handicap, n.e.g. · Elsene · since 2023
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2024
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Name of an establishment of DAW BELGIUM · Groothandel in reinigingsmiddelen · Heusden-Zolder · since 1980
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 1993
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Dental practice · Etterbeek · since 2001
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Abbreviation of Centre d'Archives Privées/Archives du Monde Catholique · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 2024
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Computer programming · Torhout · since 2024
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Name of an establishment of Koninklijk Museum voor Midden-Afrika · Activiteiten van musea en collecties · Tervuren · since 1969
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Wholesale of live animals · Héron · since 1986
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Schaarbeek · since 1987
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General construction of residential buildings · Antwerpen · since 1994
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Other building finishing work · Tournai · since 1994
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Abbreviation of COLORANTS AZOÏQUES ET PRODUITS AUXILIAIRES · Handelsbemiddeling in de groothandel in brandstoffen, ertsen, metalen en chemische producten · Antwerpen · since 1994
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Laakdal · since 2015
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Vermogensbeheer · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2008
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Abbreviation of Commercial Advisor Philippe Adriaensen · Activities of holding companies · Antwerpen · since 2022
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Abbreviation of Climate Adaptation and Peace for Africa · Brugge · since 2023
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Other building finishing work · Hasselt · since 2011
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Abbreviation of Collectif d'Accord de ne pas être d'Accord · Other membership organisations · Brussel · since 2025
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Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 1974
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Harelbeke · since 1989