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.
“Carlou”
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
18 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Schilde · since 2022
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Pre-press and pre-media services · Antwerpen · since 1973
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Vermogensbeheer · Putte · since 2015
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Design and construction of stages and sets · since 2024
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Name of an establishment of Carlos Coiffeur · Hairdressing and barber services · Namur · since 2016
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Full-service restaurants · Aarschot · since 2016
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Full-service restaurants · since 2005
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Bodywork repair (including spraying and painting) · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Oudergem · since 1976
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Business and other management consultancy · Lendelede · since 2017
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Vermogensbeheer · Wielsbeke · since 2021
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · Kampenhout · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Genesius-Rode · since 2016
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Activities of holding companies · Laakdal · since 2021
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Name of an establishment of ARLOU & CO · Activities of holding companies · Roeselare · since 2008
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Wholesale of beverages, general range · Zonhoven · since 1985
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Abbreviation of MARLOU HOME · Vervaardiging van roomijs en ander consumptie-ijs · Sombreffe · since 2012
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Herve · since 2023
Names that resemble it 41 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Repair and fitting of specific motor vehicle parts · Wommelgem · since 1968
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Antwerpen · since 1996
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Activities of interior architects · since 2001
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Other retail sale of new goods · since 1996
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Non-specialised wholesale trade · since 1996
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Vermogensbeheer · Kortrijk · since 2017
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Computer programming · Mechelen · since 2020
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Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 2023
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Activities of lawyers · Etterbeek · since 2008
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Full-service restaurants · Sombreffe · since 2010
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Site preparation · Sint-Pieters-Leeuw · since 2008
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Pet care services, excluding veterinary services · since 2024
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Tyre services · Sint-Katelijne-Waver · since 2018
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Name of an establishment of GC · Full-service restaurants · Denderleeuw · since 2018
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 1999
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Web portal activities · Gent · since 2022
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Detailhandel in onderkleding, lingerie en strand- en badkleding · Waasmunster · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Elsene · since 1973
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Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · Antwerpen · since 1986
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Brussel · since 1996
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 1981
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Vermogensbeheer · Kontich · since 2017
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Activiteiten van beschut wonen voor personen met psychiatrische problemen · Thuin · since 2005
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Theux · since 2024
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since 1993
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Activities of building architects · since 2026
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Vervaardiging van carrosserieën voor motorvoertuigen · since 2013
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Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · since 1998
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General construction of residential buildings · Willebroek · since 2023
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since 1992
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Westerlo · since 2008
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Sports and recreation education · since 2024
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Vermogensbeheer · Roeselare · since 1988
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General construction of residential buildings · Ans · since 1992
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Business and other management consultancy · Mechelen · since 2013
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Business and other management consultancy · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 2021
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Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Truiden · since 2023
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Washing and cleaning of motor vehicles · Brugge · since 2023
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Vervaardiging en bewerking van overig glas, inclusief technisch glaswerk · grevenmacher · since 2009
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Trade name of C.A.K.D · Other construction installation · since 2018
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Schaarbeek · since 1962