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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.

“Carnier”

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.

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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

32 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

Names that resemble it 16 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • CARNIC similar
    Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Ninove · since 1997
  • CARNIC similar
    Turnhout · since 2013
  • CARNICA similar
    Detailhandel in houten bouw- en tuinmaterialen · Nijlen · since 2015
  • CAR-N similar
    Abbreviation of Conseiller, Accompagner, Rencontrer - Namur · Namur · since 1990
  • CARNIERES MOTOR similar
    Anderlues · since 1993
  • Carnivor similar
    Name of an establishment of ID TRADE · Event catering · Blankenberge · since 2011
  • CARNIVEX similar
    Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Aalter · since 2011
  • CARNIERES CAR WASH (sole trader) similar
    Washing and cleaning of motor vehicles · since 2011
  • CARNA similar
    Detailhandel in baby- en kinderbovenkleding · Mechelen · since 2000
  • Carne (sole trader) similar
    Full-service restaurants · since 2025
  • Carnin, Pierre (sole trader) similar
    since 1990
  • Carnel, Xavier (sole trader) similar
    Site preparation · since 2014
  • CARNIS similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Zutendaal · since 2023
  • Carnifex similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Aalst · since 1969
  • CARNA similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Wommelgem · since 1990
  • Carne similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Name of an establishment of BDP Foodbrands · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Brussel · since 2021

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