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.
“CARAC”
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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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Gent · since 1993
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Name of an establishment of VAMOS · Cafés and bars · since 2004
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Abbreviation of Centre d'Analyses et de Recherches en Anatomie pathologique et en Dermatopathologie · Huy · since 1988
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Abbreviation of Centre pour l'agronomie et l'agro-industrie de la province de hainaut · Mixed farming · Ath · since 1972
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Etterbeek · since 1983
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Hove · since 1985
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Abbreviation of CENTRE D'ANIMATION ET DE RECHERCH EN AGRICULTURE BIOLOGIQUE · Gesves · since 1986
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Name of an establishment of TIBELMA · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Chastre · since 1991
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Wholesale of machine tools · Westerlo · since 1991
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Translation services · Kruisem · since 2000
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Abbreviation of CARAD-ALLIANTIE · Kasterlee · since 2013
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Retail sale of women's outerwear · Glabbeek · since 2013
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Name of PAVIARIS · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Braine-l'Alleud · since 2016
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 1989
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Joinery installation · Charleroi · since 2011
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Activities of holding companies · Knokke-Heist · since 2012
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Activities of holding companies · Tournai · since 2007
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Activities of holding companies · Gavere · since 2023
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Sint-Genesius-Rode · since 1959
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Nivelles · since 1977
Names that resemble it 41 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of CENTRE D'ASSISTANCE A LA RECHERCHE ET A LA FORMATION EN ARCHITECTURE · Verenigingen op het vlak van milieu en mobiliteit · Anderlecht · since 1980
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Manufacture of cocoa, chocolate and sugar confectionery · Hoogstraten · since 1988
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Abbreviation of Association des Animateurs Radio associés · Schaarbeek · since 1992
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Activities of interior architects · Brussel · since 1999
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Abbreviation of Car Remarketing Association - Europe - "CARA-EUROPE" · Other membership organisations · Edegem · since 2016
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Abbreviation of CALCULO REGIS ADVISORY · Certified accountants and tax accountants · Leuven · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · Heusden-Zolder · since 2023
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Abbreviation of CARA MANAGEMENT · Activities of holding companies · Awans · since 2008
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Retail sale of cosmetics and toilet articles · Roeselare · since 2008
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Advertising agencies · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 1990
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2013
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Activiteiten op het gebied van logopedie · since 2015
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Computer programming · Ukkel · since 2021
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Activiteiten op het gebied van logopedie · since 2003
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Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 1992
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Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 1992
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Retail sale of games and toys · Zonhoven · since 2007
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Nursing and midwifery · Montigny-le-Tilleul · since 2025
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Valkenswaard · since 2014
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Full-service restaurants · Hasselt · since 2016
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Floor and wall tiling · Hannut · since 2018
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Jalhay · since 2019
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Activities of lawyers · Antwerpen · since 2022
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Travel agency activities · Aalst · since 2001
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2015
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2001
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Vervaardiging van elektrische en elektronische benodigdheden voor motorvoertuigen · since 1992
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Real estate agency activities · Brugge · since 2021
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Trade name of 3 TREES GROUP · Full-service restaurants · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2021
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Name of an establishment of S & D SUN · Hairdressing and barber services · Menen · since 2009
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Painting of buildings · Ardooie · since 2009
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Other business support services · since 2025
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Washing and cleaning of motor vehicles · since 2026
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Non-conventional therapeutic services · since 2026
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Full-service restaurants · Gent · since 2026
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since 1982
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Business and other management consultancy · Tessenderlo-Ham · since 2017
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2011
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Activities of holding companies · Chaudfontaine · since 2024
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Plumbing work · since 2026
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Elsene · since 1987