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.
“CAR STAR”
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
20 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Oudergem · since 1996
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Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Etterbeek · since 1988
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Soignies · since 1994
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Name of an establishment of Institut médico-pédagogique Notre-Dame de la Sagesse · Instellingen met huisvesting voor minderjarigen met een mentale handicap · Estaimpuis · since 1971
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Abbreviation of Centre d'Activites Recreatives · Vorst · since 1970
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Abbreviation of Centre d'Aide à la Réussite · Other education · Braine-l'Alleud · since 1998
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Abbreviation of COMITE D'ANIMATION DE RIVIERE · Profondeville · since 2000
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Abbreviation of Center for Artefact Research · Socio-cultural adult education · Mechelen · since 2013
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Abbreviation of CERCLE DES AMIS DE RUTANA · Schaarbeek · since 2015
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Bodywork repair (including spraying and painting) · since 1994
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Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2026
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Vermogensbeheer · Zonnebeke · since 2020
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Post-production of films, video and television programmes · Evere · since 2021
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Other education · Waregem · since 2022
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Abbreviation of LES CONCERTS DE L'ACADEMIE ROYALE · Brussel · since 2009
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · since 1991
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Support activities for animal production · since 2006
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Name of an establishment of OCCALEASE · Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Elsene · since 2006
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Vervaardiging van poets- en reinigingsmiddelen · Leopoldsburg · since 2007
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Ans · since 1986
Names that resemble it 22 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Freight transport by road · Antwerpen · since 2022
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Other information service activities · Zoersel · since 2026
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Abbreviation of Centrum voor Ambulante Revalidatie Stappie vzw · Andere ambulante revalidatieactiviteiten · Gent · since 1976
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Ukkel · since 2024
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Laarne · since 2022
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Abbreviation of CENTRE D'ACCOMPAGNEMENT ET DE REINSERTION SOCIALE DES JEUNES EN DIFFICULTE · Integrale jeugdhulp zonder huisvesting · Brussel · since 1984
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Drogenbos · since 1999
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Bodywork repair (including spraying and painting) · Antwerpen · since 2000
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Abbreviation of Claims, Assistance and Recovery Solutions · Business and other management consultancy · Leuven · since 2016
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2018
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Repair and fitting of specific motor vehicle parts · since 2021
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Puurs-Sint-Amands · since 1995
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Liège · since 1998
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Name of an establishment of Osons-Nous · Computer programming · Chaumont-Gistoux · since 2014
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Zedelgem · since 2017
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Scheduled passenger transport by road · since 1982
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Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Oostende · since 2003
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Cafés and bars · since 2025
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Abbreviation of Centre d'Activités et de Recherches subaquatiques et souterraines · Charleroi · since 1980
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Repair and maintenance of machinery · Rumst · since 2015
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2019
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Specialist medical practice · Kortrijk · since 2023