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Compared with the KBO register · free

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.

“CHARVAL”

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

6 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • CHARVAL same name
    Antwerpen · since 2008
  • CHARVALCO very similar
    Activities of holding companies · Kortrijk · since 2020
  • CARVAL very similar
    Abbreviation of CARS VALUATION CENTER · Service activities incidental to land transportation · Asse · since 1979
  • Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · since 1993
  • CARVAL very similar
    Freight transport by road · Anzegem · since 2017
  • CHANVAL very similar
    Koksijde · since 2019
Names that resemble it 30 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • CHARVI similar
    Full-service restaurants · Arendonk · since 2023
  • Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · since 2022
  • Chal similar
    Abbreviation of Centrale de l'Habitation de l'Arrondissement de Liège · Liège · since 1968
  • CHAR similar
    Other tax advisory services · Izegem · since 1997
  • CHAR similar
    Kortrijk · since 1998
  • CHAR similar
    Brussel · since 1999
  • C.H.A.R. similar
    Scheduled passenger transport by road · Sint-Agatha-Berchem · since 2019
  • Verwerking van thee en koffie · since 2026
  • CHARVINS similar
    Wholesale of beverages, general range · Gerpinnes · since 1989
  • CHARVENT similar
    Luxembourg 2324 · since 1996
  • Charcoal similar
    Name of an establishment of TND Group · Full-service restaurants · Elsene · since 2004
  • ARVAL similar
    Name of an establishment of ARVAL BELGIUM · Renting and leasing of cars and light motor vehicles · Zaventem · since 1989
  • CHARU similar
    Activities of holding companies · Florenville · since 1996
  • CHARK similar
    Wholesale of non-electrical household articles · Knokke-Heist · since 1998
  • CHARL similar
    Buying and selling of own real estate · Liège · since 2002
  • ARVAL similar
    Templeuve · since 2016
  • CHARM similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Laarne · since 2018
  • Charo similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Puurs-Sint-Amands · since 2018
  • CHART similar
    Activities of holding companies · Zwevegem · since 2018
  • Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2019
  • CHARA similar
    Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2020
  • Event catering · since 2023
  • Charp similar
    Groothandel in meet-, controle- en navigatieinstrumenten · Mechelen · since 2023
  • Chark similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2008
  • CHARC similar
    General electrical installation work · Walhain · since 2023
  • CHARE similar
    Retail sale of medical and orthopaedic goods, excluding prescription glasses and lenses · Kortrijk · since 2024
  • Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2024
  • Manufacture of imitation jewellery and related articles · since 2025
  • Public relations and communication consultancy · since 2026
  • Graphic design and visual communication · since 2026

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