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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 STAR”

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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.
  • 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).
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Same or very similar names

14 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • CARE STAR same name
    General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Soignies · since 1994
  • CARESTA very similar
    Renting and leasing of other machinery, equipment and tangible goods · Antwerpen · since 1991
  • CARE-ST very similar
    Office administrative and support services · Zottegem · since 2022
  • CAR STAR very similar
    Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Oudergem · since 1996
  • Cafés and bars · since 2025
  • 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
  • CARSTAR very similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Etterbeek · since 1988
Names that resemble it 42 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • CARESTO similar
    Verviers · since 1987
  • CARES similar
    Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Jemeppe-sur-Sambre · since 1983
  • CARESTIN similar
    Luxembourg 2213 · since 1997
  • CARES similar
    Abbreviation of CENTRE ACADEMIQUE DE RECHERCHE ET D'EXPERIMENTATION EN SANTE · Other research and development on natural sciences · Liège · since 2013
  • CARESTMAX similar
    Full-service restaurants · Geraardsbergen · since 2018
  • Carestone similar
    Buying and selling of own real estate · Lier · since 2025
  • Hairdressing and barber services · since 1994
  • CASTAR similar
    Vermogensbeheer · Zonnebeke · since 2020
  • CASTAR similar
    Post-production of films, video and television programmes · Evere · since 2021
  • CASTAR similar
    Other education · Waregem · 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
  • Support activities for animal production · since 2006
  • C.A.R. similar
    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
  • CAR similar
    Abbreviation of Centre d'Activites Recreatives · Vorst · since 1970
  • C.A.R similar
    Abbreviation of Centre d'Aide à la Réussite · Other education · Braine-l'Alleud · since 1998
  • C.A.R. similar
    Abbreviation of COMITE D'ANIMATION DE RIVIERE · Profondeville · since 2000
  • CAR similar
    Abbreviation of Center for Artefact Research · Socio-cultural adult education · Mechelen · since 2013
  • CAR similar
    Abbreviation of CERCLE DES AMIS DE RUTANA · Schaarbeek · since 2015
  • Bodywork repair (including spraying and painting) · since 1994
  • Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2026
  • C.AR similar
    Freight transport by road · Antwerpen · since 2022
  • C.A.R. similar
    Abbreviation of LES CONCERTS DE L'ACADEMIE ROYALE · Brussel · since 2009
  • Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · since 1991
  • Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Ans · since 1986
  • Design of textile patterns, clothing, jewellery, furniture and decorative items · since 2019
  • Care Estate similar
    Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Gent · since 2008
  • Catares similar
    Kasterlee · since 1990
  • BRESTAR similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Laakdal · since 1995
  • 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
  • CASTARE similar
    Retail sale of footwear · Hasselt · since 2008
  • CAR-ESSE similar
    Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Roeselare · since 2023
  • CARE SIM similar
    Nursing and midwifery · Rixensart · since 2026
  • CAR.E similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Kruisem · since 1999
  • Repair and maintenance of other personal and household goods · since 2018
  • C.A.Ré similar
    Abbreviation of CERCLE DES ARCHITECTES RÉUNIS · Elsene · since 2010
  • Caresho similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Brussel · since 1971

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