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.
“CARFRE”
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
12 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Aalst · since 1998
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Pig breeding farms · Kortemark · since 2024
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Name of an establishment of FIBOR · Discotheken, dancings en dergelijke · Antwerpen · since 1985
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Hairdressing and barber services · Dendermonde · since 1987
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Groothandel in kranten, boeken en tijdschriften · Court-Saint-Etienne · since 1993
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Verhuur en lease van machines en installaties voor de bouwnijverheid en de weg- en waterbouw · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 1993
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Antwerpen · since 1998
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Hotels and similar accommodation · Lommel · since 2002
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Retail sale of women's outerwear · Herentals · since 2003
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Groothandel in levende dieren, muv levend vee
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Full-service restaurants · since 1988
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 1988
Names that resemble it 27 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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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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Business and other management consultancy · Kruisem · since 1999
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Saint-Nicolas · since 2022
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Nursing and midwifery · Antwerpen · since 2023
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Abbreviation of CERCLE DES ARCHITECTES RÉUNIS · Elsene · since 2010
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Groothandel in andere motorvoertuigen (> 3,5 ton) · Gent · since 2012
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Abbreviation of center for animal rescue and education · Pajottegem · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of CARFREDANIE DISTRIBUTION · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Chiny · since 2006
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Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · since 1998
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Overige activiteiten van geldscheppende financiële instellingen · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 1970
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Abbreviation of Société Carolorégienne des Ferrailles · Charleroi · since 1974
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Computer programming · Oudenaarde · since 1999
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Rotselaar · since 2003
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Other building finishing work · since 1991
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Repair and fitting of specific motor vehicle parts · since 1991
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Name of an establishment of Auto Global Lease & Logistics · Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Awans · since 2019
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2019
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Bodywork repair (including spraying and painting) · since 2021
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Washing and cleaning of motor vehicles · since 2023
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Computer programming · Herstal · since 2010
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Abbreviation of Société Carolorégienne de Laminage à Froid · Charleroi · since 1976
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Abbreviation of Société anonyme des Carburants et Goudrons de Forest · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 1923
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since 2020