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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.

“CARE SIM”

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  • 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.
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Same or very similar names

11 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • CARE SIM same name
    Nursing and midwifery · Rixensart · since 2026
  • CERESIM very similar
    Real estate agency activities · Beersel · since 1990
  • Full-service restaurants · since 1981
  • Care very similar
    Name of an establishment of Commune d'Aywaille · Wholesale of timber · Aywaille · since 1886
  • CARE very similar
    Name of an establishment of Vebego Cleaning & Services · General cleaning of buildings · Antwerpen · since 1974
  • C.A.R.E. very similar
    Abbreviation of Centre d'Action et de Recherche en Education · Etterbeek · since 1979
  • CARE very similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Roeselare · since 1989
  • C.A.R.E. very similar
    Abbreviation of Communauté des Africains résidents en Europe · Antwerpen · since 1993
  • CARE+ very similar
    Saint-Nicolas · since 2022
  • Care + very similar
    Nursing and midwifery · Antwerpen · since 2023
  • care very similar
    Abbreviation of center for animal rescue and education · Pajottegem · since 2026
Names that resemble it 36 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • CARES similar
    Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Jemeppe-sur-Sambre · since 1983
  • CARES similar
    Abbreviation of CENTRE ACADEMIQUE DE RECHERCHE ET D'EXPERIMENTATION EN SANTE · Other research and development on natural sciences · Liège · since 2013
  • Hairdressing and barber services · since 1994
  • CARE-ST similar
    Office administrative and support services · Zottegem · since 2022
  • Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2012
  • Caress similar
    Name of an establishment of CADS · Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · Brasschaat · since 2005
  • CARESTO similar
    Verviers · since 1987
  • CARESTA similar
    Renting and leasing of other machinery, equipment and tangible goods · Antwerpen · since 1991
  • Detailhandel in onderkleding, lingerie en strand- en badkleding · since 1992
  • Hairdressing and barber services · since 2018
  • Day spas, saunas and steam baths · since 2020
  • Other personal services · since 2020
  • Other retail sale of food · since 1995
  • CARESSO similar
    Other retail sale of food · De Haan · since 2007
  • CAR-ESSE similar
    Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Roeselare · since 2023
  • CAR.E similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Kruisem · since 1999
  • Activiteiten van bejaardenzorg aan huis, muv (thuis)verpleging · since 2026
  • CARE STAR similar
    General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Soignies · since 1994
  • CARESTIN similar
    Luxembourg 2213 · since 1997
  • CARE SPEC similar
    Nursing and midwifery · Nazareth-De Pinte · since 2015
  • Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2021
  • C.A.R.E.M. similar
    Abbreviation of Centre autonome de Recherche et d'Etude marxiste · Oudergem · since 1972
  • CARIM similar
    Charleroi · since 1977
  • RESIM similar
    Abbreviation of RESIDENCE MICHELE · Rusthuizen voor ouderen (ROB) · Brussel · since 1985
  • CAREL similar
    Oostende · since 1996
  • CAREX similar
    Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Temse · since 2001
  • Careo similar
    Name of an establishment of CONNEXITY · General construction of residential buildings · Evere · since 2002
  • CAREA similar
    Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Genappe · since 2016
  • RESIM similar
    General construction of residential buildings · Oostkamp · since 2018
  • CARE 4 similar
    Physiotherapy · Tessenderlo-Ham · since 2019
  • CAREY similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Meise · since 2019
  • Other education · since 2020
  • CAREO similar
    Dental practice · Nandrin · since 2009
  • CARED similar
    Abbreviation of Centre for Advanced Research & Development · Research and development on biotechnology · Brussel · since 2024
  • Caresho similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Brussel · since 1971
  • CASIM similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Halle · since 2000

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