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.
“CARLEX”
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
23 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Vervaardiging en bewerking van overig glas, inclusief technisch glaswerk · grevenmacher · since 2009
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Retail sale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, excluding motor fuels · since 1996
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Brugge · since 1991
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General construction of residential buildings · Ans · since 1992
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Wholesale of motor vehicle parts and accessories · since 1986
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Lasne · since 2017
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Activities of lawyers · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2011
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2004
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Activities of lawyers · Waasmunster · since 2024
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Other legal services · Merchtem · since 2025
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Washing and cleaning of motor vehicles · since 2025
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Temse · since 2001
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Computer programming · Kalmthout · since 2018
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Activities of notaries · Oudergem · since 2019
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Activities of lawyers · Jabbeke · since 2021
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Groothandel in suiker, chocolade en suikerwerk · since 1992
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Groothandel in uurwerken en sieraden · since 1991
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Name of an establishment · Business and other management consultancy · Mechelen · since 2013
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Other legal services · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2024
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Moorslede · since 2025
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Demolition · since 2021
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Antwerpen · since 2019
Names that resemble it 32 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Sawmilling and planing of wood · Aarschot · since 1968
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Antwerpen · since 1996
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Activities of interior architects · since 2001
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Full-service restaurants · Schaarbeek · since 2017
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Vermogensbeheer · Kortrijk · since 2017
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Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 2023
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Laarne · since 2026
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Financiële lease · Marche-en-Famenne · since 1988
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Waregem · since 1996
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Activities of holding companies · Anderlecht · since 2001
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Other legal services · Geel · since 2020
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 2021
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2020
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Full-service restaurants · since 1997
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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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Brussel · since 1996
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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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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Zaventem · since 2024
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Retail sale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, excluding motor fuels · Grâce-Hollogne · since 2024
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Roeselare · since 1988
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Name of an establishment · Floor and wall tiling · Pepinster · since 2003
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Sint-Martens-Latem · since 2018
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Verviers · since 2011
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Full-service restaurants · since 2005
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Schaarbeek · since 1962