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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.

“CARTERAC”

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

2 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • CARTERAC same name
    Floor and wall tiling · Hannut · since 2018
  • CARTER very similar
    LUXEMBOURG · since 2009
Names that resemble it 32 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • CARTERO similar
    Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2002
  • C.A.R.T.E. similar
    Abbreviation of CELLULE D'ACCELERATION POUR LA REMISE AU TRAVAIL ET POUR L'EMPLOI · Elsene · since 1986
  • Wavre · since 1988
  • CARAC similar
    Certified accountants and tax accountants · Gent · since 1993
  • CARTERHA similar
    Development of residential building projects · Mons · since 2022
  • CARTERRE similar
    Landscape service activities · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2009
  • CARTERRA similar
    Land surveying · Blankenberge · since 2024
  • since 1990
  • Cartec similar
    Vervaardiging van papier en karton · Sint-Pieters-Leeuw · since 1976
  • CARTEX similar
    Other personal services · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1986
  • CARTEL similar
    Retail sale of motor vehicle parts and accessories · Sint-Lievens-Houtem · since 2000
  • CARTEL similar
    Name of an establishment of SHARING BIG · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Lasne · since 2016
  • General cleaning of buildings · since 2017
  • CARTEL similar
    Name of an establishment of CARTEL EN ACTION · Finishing of textiles · Durbuy · since 2018
  • Finishing of textiles · since 1999
  • Cartel similar
    Production of cinema films · Antwerpen · since 2019
  • CARTEX similar
    Roubaix · since 1983
  • CARTAC similar
    Vervaardiging van ander technisch en industrieel textiel · Raeren · since 2026
  • General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2014
  • General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2014
  • Vervaardiging van aanhangwagens, opleggers en caravans · since 2010
  • Personenvervoer door de lucht · since 2007
  • CART similar
    Abbreviation of CENTRE AGREE DE RECYCLAGE ET DE TRI · Materials recovery from waste · Jodoigne · since 1999
  • CART similar
    Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2000
  • C-ART similar
    Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Leuven · since 2000
  • Literary creation · since 2021
  • Literary creation · since 2022
  • Car't similar
    Other building finishing work · Turnhout · since 2012
  • since 1980
  • Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · since 2025
  • Cartec similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Anderlecht · since 1945
  • CARTEMA similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Other construction installation · Binche · since 1985

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