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.
“CARE SPEC”
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
9 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Nursing and midwifery · Nazareth-De Pinte · since 2015
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Name of an establishment of Commune d'Aywaille · Wholesale of timber · Aywaille · since 1886
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Name of an establishment of Vebego Cleaning & Services · General cleaning of buildings · Antwerpen · since 1974
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Abbreviation of Centre d'Action et de Recherche en Education · Etterbeek · since 1979
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Business and other management consultancy · Roeselare · since 1989
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Abbreviation of Communauté des Africains résidents en Europe · Antwerpen · since 1993
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Saint-Nicolas · since 2022
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Nursing and midwifery · Antwerpen · since 2023
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Abbreviation of center for animal rescue and education · Pajottegem · since 2026
Names that resemble it 21 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Jemeppe-sur-Sambre · since 1983
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Abbreviation of CENTRE ACADEMIQUE DE RECHERCHE ET D'EXPERIMENTATION EN SANTE · Other research and development on natural sciences · Liège · since 2013
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1994
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Office administrative and support services · Zottegem · since 2022
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2012
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Name of an establishment of CADS · Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · Brasschaat · since 2005
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Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 1981
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Verviers · since 1987
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Renting and leasing of other machinery, equipment and tangible goods · Antwerpen · since 1991
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Detailhandel in onderkleding, lingerie en strand- en badkleding · since 1992
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2018
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Day spas, saunas and steam baths · since 2020
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Other personal services · since 2020
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Other retail sale of food · since 1995
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General electrical installation work · since 2023
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Other retail sale of food · De Haan · since 2007
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Roeselare · since 2023
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Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · Antwerpen · since 2025
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Nursing and midwifery · Rixensart · since 2026
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Business and other management consultancy · Kruisem · since 1999
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Brussel · since 1971