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.
“CHARLAU”
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
9 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Nursing and midwifery · Westerlo · since 2004
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Activities of lawyers · Deinze · since 2024
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Agents in the wholesale of timber and building materials · Kortrijk · since 2016
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Sports and recreation education · since 2025
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Ukkel · since 1998
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Mobile food service activities · Ukkel · since 2012
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Herve · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Oudergem · since 1976
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Full-service restaurants · Tienen · since 2004
Names that resemble it 51 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Specialist medical practice · Roeselare · since 2020
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Activities of holding companies · Roeselare · since 2026
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Liège · since 2002
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Event catering · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of HAVAN · Detailhandel in herenbovenkleding · Chaudfontaine · since 1996
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Full-service restaurants · Knokke-Heist · since 1997
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Name of an establishment of BROOD & SPELEN · Cafés and bars · Gent · since 2002
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Vervaardiging van kleding van leer en van bont · Antwerpen · since 2016
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Guest rooms (bed and breakfast) · since 1993
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Name of an establishment of AUGUST – AUGUSTE & AUGUSTE · Event catering · Oostende · since 2017
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 1978
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Scheduled passenger transport by road · Liège · since 2018
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Vermogensbeheer · Kasterlee · since 2008
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Vermogensbeheer · Elsene · since 2017
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · since 2020
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Other specialised construction activities · Lontzen · since 2020
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2022
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Name of an establishment of CHARLES PRODUCTION · Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · since 2008
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2003
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Name of an establishment of HALF VIER · Cafés and bars · Gent · since 2006
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Day spas, saunas and steam baths · Boutersem · since 2007
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Name of an establishment of 4807 Prod · Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Brussel · since 2024
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Activities of holding companies · Sint-Niklaas · since 2024
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since 2021
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since 2010
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Floreffe · since 2020
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Name of an establishment of SINT-MARTINUS · Detailhandel in herenbovenkleding · Aalst · since 1967
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Brussel · since 1985
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Brussel · since 1998
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Trade name of CHARLIE'S BAR · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Dentergem · since 2014
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Full-service restaurants · since 2008
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Other photographic activities · since 2015
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2022
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XZ Ijsselstein · since 2016
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Name of an establishment · Retail sale of pharmaceutical products · Retie · since 2018
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Vlieg- en vaaronderricht · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2019
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Wortegem-Petegem · since 2018
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Name of an establishment · Business and other management consultancy · Wijnegem · since 2021
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Name of an establishment · Activities of head offices · Mol · since 2023
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Lease van intellectuele eigendom en vergelijkbare producten, met uitzondering van werken onder auteursrecht · Chaumont-Gistoux · since 2010
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Sports and recreation education · since 2025
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 2007
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Name of an establishment · Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 2023
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Aartselaar · since 2024
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Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Martens-Latem · since 2025
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Poperinge · since 2025
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Other legal services · Merchtem · since 2025
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Tournai · since 2025
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Brasschaat · since 2022
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Demolition · since 2021
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Name of an establishment of CHARLENE ARLON · Cafés and bars · Arlon · since 2019