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.
“Caran”
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
27 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
-
Hove · since 1985
-
Retail sale of women's outerwear · Glabbeek · since 2013
-
Buying and selling of own real estate · Waterloo · since 2020
-
Bodywork repair (including spraying and painting) · Kortenberg · since 1991
-
Overijse · since 2016
-
Abbreviation of Centre d'Analyses et de Recherches en Anatomie pathologique et en Dermatopathologie · Huy · since 1988
-
Abbreviation of Centre pour l'agronomie et l'agro-industrie de la province de hainaut · Mixed farming · Ath · since 1972
-
Etterbeek · since 1983
-
Abbreviation of CENTRE D'ANIMATION ET DE RECHERCH EN AGRICULTURE BIOLOGIQUE · Gesves · since 1986
-
Name of an establishment of TIBELMA · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Chastre · since 1991
-
Wholesale of machine tools · Westerlo · since 1991
-
Certified accountants and tax accountants · Gent · since 1993
-
Translation services · Kruisem · since 2000
-
Abbreviation of CARAD-ALLIANTIE · Kasterlee · since 2013
-
Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 1989
-
Joinery installation · Charleroi · since 2011
-
Activities of holding companies · Knokke-Heist · since 2012
-
Activities of holding companies · Tournai · since 2007
-
Activities of holding companies · Gavere · since 2023
-
Etterbeek · since 1982
-
Name of an establishment · Development of residential building projects · Middelkerke · since 1993
-
Rotselaar · since 2003
-
Sint-Martens-Latem · since 2018
-
Bodywork repair (including spraying and painting) · Beauraing · since 2023
-
Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 1975
-
Sint-Genesius-Rode · since 1959
-
Nivelles · since 1977
Names that resemble it 37 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
-
Abbreviation of CENTRE D'ASSISTANCE A LA RECHERCHE ET A LA FORMATION EN ARCHITECTURE · Verenigingen op het vlak van milieu en mobiliteit · Anderlecht · since 1980
-
Manufacture of cocoa, chocolate and sugar confectionery · Hoogstraten · since 1988
-
Abbreviation of Association des Animateurs Radio associés · Schaarbeek · since 1992
-
Activities of interior architects · Brussel · since 1999
-
Abbreviation of Car Remarketing Association - Europe - "CARA-EUROPE" · Other membership organisations · Edegem · since 2016
-
Abbreviation of CALCULO REGIS ADVISORY · Certified accountants and tax accountants · Leuven · since 2022
-
Business and other management consultancy · Heusden-Zolder · since 2023
-
Abbreviation of CARA MANAGEMENT · Activities of holding companies · Awans · since 2008
-
Retail sale of cosmetics and toilet articles · Roeselare · since 2008
-
Schaarbeek · since 1987
-
Abbreviation of CARAVAN PRODUCTION · Agents and managers of artists, athletes and other public figures · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2008
-
Abbreviation of CARAVAN - Réseau international de cirque royal et pédagogique · Activities of professional membership organisations · Brussel · since 2008
-
Name of an establishment of PERRON 17 · Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2009
-
Antwerpen · since 2010
-
Verwerking van thee en koffie · Blankenberge · since 1992
-
Valkenswaard · since 2014
-
General construction of residential buildings · since 2020
-
Activities of head offices · Roeselare · since 2025
-
Cafés and bars · Antwerpen · since 2022
-
Lasne · since 2004
-
Name of an establishment of BERITAN GROUP · Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2025
-
Ath · since 1988
-
Wholesale of clothing, excluding workwear and underwear · Zonhoven · since 1997
-
Computer programming · La Louvière · since 2016
-
Business and other management consultancy · Tessenderlo-Ham · since 2017
-
Activities of interior architects · Herk-de-Stad · since 2019
-
Name of an establishment of RECYCLOR INVEST · Groothandel in metalen en metaalertsen · Rixensart · since 2020
-
Bodywork repair (including spraying and painting) · since 2023
-
Name of an establishment of VAMOS · Cafés and bars · since 2004
-
Business and other management consultancy · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 2006
-
Activities of holding companies · Chaudfontaine · since 2024
-
Name of an establishment · Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Destelbergen · since 2025
-
Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2024
-
Office administrative and support services · since 2026
-
Wholesale of industrial chemicals · Vorst · since 1997
-
since 2019
-
Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Visé · since 2008