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.
“Carlson”
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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Vermogensbeheer · Schilde · since 2002
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BROUGH SOUTH CAVE · since 2011
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Nursing and midwifery · since 2020
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General construction of residential buildings · Antwerpen · since 2014
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Psychology services · since 2017
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Full-service restaurants · Knokke-Heist · since 1976
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Development of residential building projects · Gent · since 1990
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As · since 1991
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Translation services · Stabroek · since 1995
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Name of an establishment of VETO · Full-service restaurants · Mechelen · since 2003
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Cafés and bars · since 2024
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Full-service restaurants · since 1990
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Cafés and bars · Genk · since 2010
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Full-service restaurants · since 1975
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Full-service restaurants · since 1977
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Full-service restaurants · since 1972
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Name of an establishment of ISADA · Full-service restaurants · Middelkerke · since 2023
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Middelkerke · since 1978
Names that resemble it 24 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Wholesale of household textiles and bedding · Brussel · since 1996
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since 2010
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Antwerpen · since 1996
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Activities of interior architects · since 2001
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Vermogensbeheer · Kortrijk · since 2017
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Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of SOTRALEASE · Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Charleroi · since 1976
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Floor and wall tiling · Oudergem · since 1994
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Tongeren-Borgloon · since 2002
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Groothandel in reinigingsmiddelen · Evere · since 1971
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Business and other management consultancy · Elsene · since 1973
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Pre-press and pre-media services · Antwerpen · since 1973
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Retail sale of women's outerwear · Turnhout · since 1986
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Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · Antwerpen · since 1986
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Post-production of films, video and television programmes · Gent · since 2015
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 1981
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Vermogensbeheer · Putte · since 2015
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Vermogensbeheer · Kontich · since 2017
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · since 2021
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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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Design and construction of stages and sets · since 2024
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Overige diensten in verband met het maken van geluidsopnamen · since 2025
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Schaarbeek · since 1962