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Compared with the KBO register · free

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.

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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.

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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

21 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • CARE-ST same name
    Office administrative and support services · Zottegem · since 2022
  • CARESTO very similar
    Verviers · since 1987
  • CARESTA very similar
    Renting and leasing of other machinery, equipment and tangible goods · Antwerpen · since 1991
  • CARES very similar
    Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Jemeppe-sur-Sambre · since 1983
  • CARES very similar
    Abbreviation of CENTRE ACADEMIQUE DE RECHERCHE ET D'EXPERIMENTATION EN SANTE · Other research and development on natural sciences · Liège · since 2013
  • CARE STAR very similar
    General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Soignies · since 1994
  • CARESTIN very similar
    Luxembourg 2213 · since 1997
  • Hairdressing and barber services · since 1994
  • Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2012
  • Caress very similar
    Name of an establishment of CADS · Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · Brasschaat · since 2005
  • 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
  • CAR.GEST very similar
    General construction of residential buildings · SOVERATO CZ · since 2023
  • care very similar
    Abbreviation of center for animal rescue and education · Pajottegem · since 2026
  • CREST very similar
    Groothandel in huismeubilair · Lochristi · since 1986
  • CREST very similar
    Removal services · Evere · since 2006
Names that resemble it 39 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • CARESTMAX similar
    Full-service restaurants · Geraardsbergen · since 2018
  • Carestone similar
    Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Lier · since 2025
  • CAR.E similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Kruisem · since 1999
  • Detailhandel in onderkleding, lingerie en strand- en badkleding · since 1992
  • Hairdressing and barber services · since 2018
  • Design of textile patterns, clothing, jewellery, furniture and decorative items · since 2019
  • Day spas, saunas and steam baths · since 2020
  • Other personal services · since 2020
  • Other retail sale of food · since 1995
  • CARE INVEST similar
    General construction of residential buildings · Gent · since 2011
  • 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
  • CARE SIM similar
    Nursing and midwifery · Rixensart · since 2026
  • care2invest similar
    Other business support services · Zwevegem · since 2022
  • Floor and wall tiling · Ledegem · since 2011
  • DICA REST similar
    Full-service restaurants · Esneux · since 1992
  • LOCAREST similar
    Retail sale of beverages, general range · Wavre · since 1994
  • DACAREST similar
    Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Ans · since 2013
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Washing and cleaning of motor vehicles · since 2020
  • Web portal activities · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2008
  • Activities of head offices · Lievegem · since 2025
  • COBRAREST similar
    Name of an establishment · Full-service restaurants · Oreye · since 1998
  • CAR INVEST similar
    Name of an establishment of ac automotive · Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Les Bons Villers · since 2015
  • Office administrative and support services · since 2025
  • since 2006
  • Caresho similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Brussel · since 1971
  • CAROGEST similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Elsene · since 1989

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