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.
“CASHAR”
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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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Oudergem · since 2024
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Hensies · since 2014
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Development of residential building projects · Hoegaarden · since 2018
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2023
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Torhout · since 1985
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Abbreviation of CENTRE EUROPEEN POUR LES SCIENCES HUMAINES LES ARTS ET LA CULTURE · Jodoigne · since 1987
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · Herstal · since 2017
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Name of an establishment of OZAY · Full-service restaurants · Genk · since 2017
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Brugge · since 2018
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Vermogensbeheer · Aalter · since 2016
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Vermogensbeheer · Zonnebeke · since 2020
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Post-production of films, video and television programmes · Evere · since 2021
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · since 2021
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Other education · Waregem · since 2022
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Wholesale of beverages, general range · Heuvelland · since 2012
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Support activities for animal production · since 2006
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Avelgem · since 1997
Names that resemble it 9 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of Centre d'Activités sous-marines du Hainaut · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Jemeppe-sur-Sambre · since 1972
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Abbreviation of Cash Distribution · Ukkel · since 1978
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2001
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Logging · since 1994
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Retail sale of electrical household appliances · Nivelles · since 1981
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Zaventem · since 2011
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Retail sale of second-hand clothing · Quaregnon · since 1997
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Full-service restaurants · Westerlo · since 2021
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Advertising agencies · Vorst · since 2023