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.
“CARL”
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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Antwerpen · since 1996
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Activities of interior architects · since 2001
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Vermogensbeheer · Kortrijk · since 2017
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Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 2023
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Wholesale of household textiles and bedding · Brussel · since 1996
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Name of an establishment of Pro Tech Services · Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Bonheiden · since 2014
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Renting and leasing of other personal and household goods · since 1992
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since 1981
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Detailhandel in glas-, porselein- en aardewerk en in niet-elektrische huishoudelijke artikelen · since 2018
Names that resemble it 47 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Business and other management consultancy · Elsene · since 1973
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Pre-press and pre-media services · Antwerpen · since 1973
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Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · Antwerpen · since 1986
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 1981
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Vermogensbeheer · Putte · since 2015
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Vermogensbeheer · Kontich · since 2017
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Activiteiten van beschut wonen voor personen met psychiatrische problemen · Thuin · since 2005
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Theux · since 2024
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Design and construction of stages and sets · since 2024
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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
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Abbreviation of Centre d'Activites Recreatives · Vorst · since 1970
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Vermogensbeheer · Roeselare · since 1988
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Full-service restaurants · Brakel · since 1991
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Brugge · since 1991
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General construction of residential buildings · Ans · since 1992
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Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · Merelbeke-Melle · since 1993
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Abbreviation of Centre d'Aide à la Réussite · Other education · Braine-l'Alleud · since 1998
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Abbreviation of COMITE D'ANIMATION DE RIVIERE · Profondeville · since 2000
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Floor and wall tiling · Pepinster · since 2003
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Abbreviation of Center for Artefact Research · Socio-cultural adult education · Mechelen · since 2013
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Business and other management consultancy · Mechelen · since 2013
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Abbreviation of CERCLE DES AMIS DE RUTANA · Schaarbeek · since 2015
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Name of an establishment of Carlos Coiffeur · Hairdressing and barber services · Namur · since 2016
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Full-service restaurants · Aarschot · since 2016
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · since 2005
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Bodywork repair (including spraying and painting) · since 1994
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Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2026
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Activities of holding companies · Sint-Martens-Latem · since 2018
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Vermogensbeheer · Verviers · since 2011
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Vermogensbeheer · Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 2020
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Business and other management consultancy · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 2021
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Freight transport by road · Antwerpen · since 2022
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Schilde · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Truiden · since 2023
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Washing and cleaning of motor vehicles · Brugge · since 2023
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Vervaardiging en bewerking van overig glas, inclusief technisch glaswerk · grevenmacher · since 2009
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Abbreviation of LES CONCERTS DE L'ACADEMIE ROYALE · Brussel · since 2009
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · since 1991
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Full-service restaurants · since 2005
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Bodywork repair (including spraying and painting) · since 2023
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Herve · since 2023
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Repair and fitting of specific motor vehicle parts · since 2025
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Name of an establishment of VETO · Full-service restaurants · Mechelen · since 2003
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Full-service restaurants · Tielt · since 2016
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Abbreviation of CERCLE DES ARCHITECTES RÉUNIS · Elsene · since 2010
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Schaarbeek · since 1962
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Antwerpen · since 2019