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.
“Calico”
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
21 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 1988
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Buggenhout · since 1995
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Wholesale of machine tools · Niel · since 1998
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Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 2016
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Antwerpen · since 2019
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Repair and maintenance of furniture and upholstery · since 2001
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Kortrijk · since 2020
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Business and other management consultancy · Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 2022
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Mixed farming · Dalhem · since 2010
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Business and other management consultancy · Harelbeke · since 1998
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Kasterlee · since 2015
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General electrical installation work · Bornem · since 2020
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Antwerpen · since 1987
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Comblain-au-Pont · since 1996
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Business and other management consultancy · Tremelo · since 2014
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Other amusement and recreation activities · since 2017
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Activities of holding companies · Wielsbeke · since 2018
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Retail sale of other household articles · since 1982
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Retail sale of other household articles · since 1982
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Abbreviation of CALICKO-VISUALS · Antwerpen · since 1984
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Schaarbeek · since 1979
Names that resemble it 30 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of C.A.L.I.M.E.R.O. · Schaarbeek · since 2015
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Retail sale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, excluding motor fuels · Evergem · since 2017
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Name of an establishment of ADAF · Full-service restaurants · Zaventem · since 2019
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2020
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Insurance agents and brokers · Neupré · since 2008
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Design of textile patterns, clothing, jewellery, furniture and decorative items · since 2024
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Wallpapering and laying of floor and wall coverings in other materials · Hannut · since 1986
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Nursing and midwifery · Malle · since 2020
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Gent · since 2024
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Activities of holding companies · Kortrijk · since 2024
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2025
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2025
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Abbreviation of Centre d'Accompagnement Liégeois vers l'Autonomie · Vocational training · Liège · since 1966
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Harelbeke · since 1985
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Vocational training · Liège · since 1995
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Joinery installation · Wingene · since 1999
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Braine-le-Comte · since 2001
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Pymble · since 2017
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Computer programming · Anderlecht · since 2022
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Construction of utility projects for electricity and telecommunications · Zele · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Mouscron · since 2008
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Landscape service activities · Leuven · since 2007
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Gent · since 2024
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Computer programming · since 2025
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Manufacture of jewellery · since 2025
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Computer programming · since 2013
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Other amusement and recreation activities · since 2017
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Mechelen · since 1997
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Abbreviation of Cercle Arc-en-ciel Liégeois · Liège · since 2001
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Joinery installation · Zele · since 2008