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.
“CARTHAGE”
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
14 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Name of an establishment of JAMAR · Operation of fairground attractions · Pepinster · since 1983
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Name of an establishment of LANCHANTIN ET TRIKI · Full-service restaurants · since 1987
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Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 1997
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2025
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Charleroi · since 2017
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Name of an establishment of STELINCO · Retail sale of footwear · Tienen · since 1988
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Name of an establishment of LE CAP BON · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Pecq · since 2003
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Retail sale of other second-hand goods, excluding clothing · since 2017
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Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2023
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since 2010
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Hairdressing and barber services · Aalst · since 2026
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · since 2026
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Full-service restaurants · since 2025
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Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 1989
Names that resemble it 15 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Full-service restaurants · Huy · since 2014
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Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2009
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Retail sale of watches and jewellery · Oudenaarde · since 2005
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Antwerpen · since 2026
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Market research and public opinion polling · Elsene · since 2014
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Vermogensbeheer · Poperinge · since 2023
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Tienen · since 1998
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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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Performing arts by independent artists · since 1995
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Other education · Hasselt · since 2021
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Other building finishing work · Turnhout · since 2012
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Name of an establishment of BROOKHILLS CONSULTANCY · Activiteiten van geldmarkt- en niet-geldmarktbeleggingsfondsen · Grez-Doiceau · since 2004
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Computer programming · Anderlecht · since 2024