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.
“CARTAL”
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
17 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Real estate agency activities · Mouscron · since 2000
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Rust- en verzorgingstehuizen (RVT) · Anderlecht · since 1991
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Joinery installation · since 2024
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1990
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Vervaardiging van ander technisch en industrieel textiel · Raeren · since 2026
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Activities of holding companies · Begijnendijk · since 2011
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Hoeilaart · since 1973
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Antwerpen · since 1986
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Detailhandel in tapijten en andere vloerbedekking en wandbekleding · Gent · since 1994
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Name of an establishment · Wholesale of timber · Wevelgem · since 2001
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Hamont-Achel · since 2017
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Freight transport by road · Anzegem · since 2017
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Finishing of textiles · since 1999
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Production of cinema films · Antwerpen · since 2019
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Business and other management consultancy · Roeselare · since 2021
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Nieuwpoort · since 2024
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Durbuy · since 1981
Names that resemble it 44 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · since 1990
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Vorst · since 1991
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Abbreviation of CENTRE AGREE DE RECYCLAGE ET DE TRI · Materials recovery from waste · Jodoigne · since 1999
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Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2000
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Leuven · since 2000
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Other education · since 2015
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Business and other management consultancy · Opwijk · since 2015
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Bodywork repair (including spraying and painting) · Bree · since 2019
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2023
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Anderlecht · since 2012
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Other building finishing work · Turnhout · since 2012
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · Anderlecht · since 2023
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Event catering · Hechtel-Eksel · since 2024
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · since 2024
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since 2025
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Pre-press and pre-media services · since 2025
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Abbreviation of Fonds social de Solidarité régionale pour Ouvriers du Secteur des Fabrications Métalliques du Bassin de Charleroi · Charleroi · since 1989
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Name of NOBIMMO · Real estate agency activities · Soignies · since 1996
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2000
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Perwez · since 2020
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2021
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Groothandel in kantoor- en schoolbenodigdheden · since 1994
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Braine-l'Alleud · since 2010
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Activities of building architects · Liège · since 2026
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Abbreviation of CELLULE D'ACCELERATION POUR LA REMISE AU TRAVAIL ET POUR L'EMPLOI · Elsene · since 1986
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Manufacture of other wood products · Wielsbeke · since 2013
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Activiteiten op het gebied van psychotherapie · Oostende · since 2018
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Logistics services · Tremelo · since 2011
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Cafés and bars · Brussel · since 1986
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Mouscron · since 1998
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Activities of holding companies · Wevelgem · since 2025
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Vervaardiging van papier en karton · Brasschaat · since 1971
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Vervaardiging van papier en karton · Sint-Pieters-Leeuw · since 1976
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Other personal services · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1986
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Name of an establishment · Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Oudenaarde · since 2003
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LUXEMBOURG · since 2009
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Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2009
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Antwerpen · since 2003
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Retail sale of watches and jewellery · Oudenaarde · since 2005
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Full-service restaurants · Menen · since 2007
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Roubaix · since 1983
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Other publishing activities, excluding software publishing · Brugge · since 1999
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Renting and leasing of cars and light motor vehicles · Kortrijk · since 2021
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Anderlecht · since 1945