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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.

“CAROLUS”

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.

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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

22 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

Names that resemble it 35 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • Full-service restaurants · since 1987
  • CAROL similar
    Retail sale of footwear · Temse · since 1993
  • Cultural education · since 2016
  • CAROL similar
    Office administrative and support services · Maldegem · since 2020
  • Retail sale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, excluding motor fuels · since 2021
  • Day spas, saunas and steam baths · since 2019
  • CAROLO similar
    Gruyères · since 1988
  • Carola similar
    Beauty care and other beauty treatments · Grimbergen · since 2016
  • Retail sale of flowers, plants, seeds and fertilisers · since 2019
  • Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · since 1989
  • CAROLI similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Liedekerke · since 2010
  • Hairdressing and barber services · since 2012
  • CAROLI similar
    Name of an establishment of LA FOLIE DOUCE · Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Sambreville · since 2004
  • CAROLA similar
    Other building finishing work · Maarkedal · since 2006
  • CAROLI similar
    Full-service restaurants · Tellin · since 2006
  • Carolec similar
    General construction of residential buildings · Brugge · since 1959
  • CAROLIB similar
    Name of an establishment of CAROLOREGIENNE DE LIBRAIRIE ET DE PAPETERIE, PAPER-DISCOUNT · Groothandel in lederwaren en reisartikelen · Charleroi · since 1978
  • CAROLOC similar
    Office administrative and support services · Courcelles · since 1989
  • CAROLOR similar
    Manufacture of jewellery · Charleroi · since 2018
  • Carol'Or similar
    Other business support services · Charleroi · since 2019
  • Carolou similar
    Beauty care and other beauty treatments · Kampenhout · since 2023
  • Carolex similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2011
  • CAROLEX similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2004
  • Carolex similar
    Activities of lawyers · Waasmunster · since 2024
  • CAROLIA similar
    Beauty care and other beauty treatments · Braives · since 2026
  • Caro similar
    Maarkedal · since 1982
  • CARO similar
    Pet care services, excluding veterinary services · Pajottegem · since 1983
  • CARO similar
    Abbreviation of IMMOBILIERE CARO · Ukkel · since 1985
  • CARO similar
    Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · Beringen · since 1988
  • Hairdressing and barber services · since 2012
  • Retail sale of other household articles · since 2015
  • CA-RO similar
    Name of an establishment · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Kontich · since 2017
  • CARO similar
    Oostrozebeke · since 2015
  • CARO similar
    Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Geraardsbergen · since 2009
  • Day spas, saunas and steam baths · since 2005

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