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.
“Carnabal”
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
3 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Other membership organisations · Herenthout · since 2025
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Event catering · Antwerpen · since 2022
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Geluidsopnamestudio's · since 2002
Names that resemble it 12 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Detailhandel in baby- en kinderbovenkleding · Mechelen · since 2000
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Abbreviation of CaBal VZW · Socio-cultural adult education · Kortrijk · since 2025
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Montigny-le-Tilleul · since 1987
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Hotels and similar accommodation · Ingelmunster · since 1999
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Installation of industrial machinery and equipment · since 1995
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Aalst · since 2016
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Full-service restaurants · De Haan · since 2003
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Other business support services · Waasmunster · since 1993
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Modave · since 2008
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Abbreviation of Conseiller, Accompagner, Rencontrer - Namur · Namur · since 1990
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Name of an establishment of ALL FOR YOU · Performing arts by independent artists · Brussel · since 2018
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Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Wommelgem · since 1990