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.
“CARY8”
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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Interior design · Ukkel · since 2018
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Puurs-Sint-Amands · since 1991
Names that resemble it 14 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Hairdressing and barber services · Mechelen · since 1995
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Activities of head offices · Puurs-Sint-Amands · since 2018
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Name of an establishment of Institut médico-pédagogique Notre-Dame de la Sagesse · Instellingen met huisvesting voor minderjarigen met een mentale handicap · Estaimpuis · since 1971
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Abbreviation of Centre d'Activites Recreatives · Vorst · since 1970
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Abbreviation of Centre d'Aide à la Réussite · Other education · Braine-l'Alleud · since 1998
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Abbreviation of COMITE D'ANIMATION DE RIVIERE · Profondeville · since 2000
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Abbreviation of Center for Artefact Research · Socio-cultural adult education · Mechelen · since 2013
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Abbreviation of CERCLE DES AMIS DE RUTANA · Schaarbeek · since 2015
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Bodywork repair (including spraying and painting) · since 1994
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Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2026
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Freight transport by road · Antwerpen · since 2022
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Abbreviation of LES CONCERTS DE L'ACADEMIE ROYALE · Brussel · since 2009
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · since 1991
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Antwerpen · since 1958