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.
“CHABAL”
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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Full-service restaurants · Charleroi · since 2022
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Diksmuide · since 1997
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Liège · since 2005
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2026
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Abbreviation of CaBal VZW · Socio-cultural adult education · Kortrijk · since 2025
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Wholesale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Charleroi · since 1986
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Brussel · since 1986
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Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 1989
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Schaarbeek · since 1995
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Detailhandel in tapijten en andere vloerbedekking en wandbekleding · Schaarbeek · since 2000
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Antwerpen · since 2002
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · since 1993
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Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · Brussel · since 2025
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Charleroi · since 2002
Names that resemble it 27 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of Centrale de l'Habitation de l'Arrondissement de Liège · Liège · since 1968
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Abbreviation of Confederate Historical Association of Belgium · Orp-Jauche · since 1972
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Abbreviation of Centre Vincent Van Gogh-CHAB · Hotels and similar accommodation · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 1975
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Antwerpen · since 1990
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Manufacture of imitation jewellery and related articles · since 2019
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Abbreviation of RAAD VAN UNIVERSITAIRE ZIEKENHUIZEN VAN BELGIË · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2009
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Bemiddelingsactiviteiten in verband met zakelijke dienstverlening, n.e.g. · Vosselaar · since 2025
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Day spas, saunas and steam baths · since 2018
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Brussel · since 2011
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Construction of roads and motorways · since 2010
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Full-service restaurants · Mol · since 2011
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Name of an establishment of Watthana Mahasan · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Tervuren · since 2019
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Other retail sale of food · since 2025
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Trade name of CHARLIER - BRABO GROUP · Wholesale of fruit and vegetables, excluding potatoes · Aartselaar · since 1953
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Wholesale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Charleroi · since 1996
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Wavre · since 1997
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Business and other management consultancy · Brugge · since 2017
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Insurance agents and brokers · Visé · since 2019
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Activities of holding companies · Sint-Martens-Latem · since 2021
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Oostende · since 2022
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since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2023
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Travel agency activities · since 2023
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Activities of holding companies · Brecht · since 2009
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Business and other management consultancy · Lint · since 2010
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Lommel · since 2005
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Advertising agencies · Lasne · since 2025