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.
“CARAF”
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
23 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Activities of holding companies · Gavere · since 2023
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Computer programming · La Louvière · since 2016
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Business and other management consultancy · Tessenderlo-Ham · since 2017
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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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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Gent · since 1993
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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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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Sint-Agatha-Berchem · since 2025
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Sint-Genesius-Rode · since 1959
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Nivelles · since 1977
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 1997
Names that resemble it 34 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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Vervaardiging van overige geconfectioneerde artikelen van textiel, muv kleding · since 2024
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Valkenswaard · since 2014
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Day spas, saunas and steam baths · since 2019
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Retail sale of other cultural and recreation goods · Elsene · since 2022
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since 1982
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Ath · since 1988
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Charleroi · since 1996
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Wholesale of clothing, excluding workwear and underwear · Zonhoven · since 1997
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Plombières · since 2001
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Advertising agencies · Tielt · since 1986
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Overijse · since 2016
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Activities of interior architects · Herk-de-Stad · since 2019
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Name of an establishment of RECYCLOR INVEST · Groothandel in metalen en metaalertsen · Rixensart · since 2020
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Bodywork repair (including spraying and painting) · since 2023
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2011
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Name of an establishment of VAMOS · Cafés and bars · since 2004
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Business and other management consultancy · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 2006
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Other educational support services · since 2024
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Activities of holding companies · Chaudfontaine · since 2024
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Destelbergen · since 2025
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Abbreviation of CHILDREN ARE THE FUTURE · Elsene · since 2001
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · since 1991
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Full-service restaurants · Mons · since 2016
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since 2019
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Visé · since 2008