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.
“CARPLUG”
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
2 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Wholesale of electrical equipment, including installation materials · Asse · since 2018
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Uitgeverijen van muziekopnamen · Schaarbeek · since 2012
Names that resemble it 18 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Activities of holding companies · Mouscron · since 1988
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Vervaardiging van farmaceutische grondstoffen · since 1995
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Abbreviation of Centre d'Adaptation et de Reclassement professionnel · Temporary employment agencies and other provision of personnel · Philippeville · since 1967
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Other building finishing work · since 2024
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Name of an establishment of CTCP · Wholesale of motor vehicle parts and accessories · Leuven · since 2018
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Somme-Leuze · since 2023
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Abbreviation of CENTRE D'AIDE A LA REALISATION DE PRESTATIONS EDUCATIVES · Other social work without accommodation · Verviers · since 1986
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Wasseiges · since 1989
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Other business support services · Hasselt · since 2016
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Day spas, saunas and steam baths · since 2019
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Real estate agency activities · Lennik · since 2021
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Abbreviation of Comité Anciens du Royal Patro d'Ellezelles · Ellezelles · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · Mons · since 2004
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · since 2005
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Activities of holding companies · Ingelmunster · since 2006
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Aubel · since 2007
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Abbreviation of Carp Angler Real Passionate Squad · Courcelles · since 2026
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Bodywork repair (including spraying and painting) · Charleroi · since 1993