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.
“CARTOFACTORY”
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
7 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Vervaardiging van papier en karton · Wuustwezel · since 2025
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Video and film production, excluding cinema and television films · Holsbeek · since 1999
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Tyre services · since 2026
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Elsene · since 1975
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Verhuur en lease van tenten · since 1986
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Brussel · since 2023
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Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · Lennik · since 2025
Names that resemble it 22 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Advertising agencies · Gent · since 2002
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Pre-press and pre-media services · since 2002
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Pre-press and pre-media services · Knokke-Heist · since 2010
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Name of an establishment of C3 FACTORY · Market research and public opinion polling · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2004
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2009
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Name of an establishment of CYCLO · Socio-cultural adult education · Brussel · since 2003
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Other education · since 2010
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Full-service restaurants · Schaarbeek · since 2026
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Literary creation · since 2016
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Detailhandel in kledingstoffen · Schaarbeek · since 2021
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Name of an establishment of Huresco · Vervaardiging van roomijs en ander consumptie-ijs · Antwerpen · since 2005
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Name of an establishment of HEAD OFFICE · Advertising agencies · Herent · since 2002
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Fitness centres · since 2022
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Ans · since 2018
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Etterbeek · since 2009
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · Waterloo · since 2010
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Freight transport by road · Schaarbeek · since 2025
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General construction of residential buildings · Vorst · since 2002
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Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · Liège · since 2018
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Antwerpen · since 2012
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Computer programming · Antwerpen · since 2016
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Graphic design and visual communication · Elsene · since 2022