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.
“Caro”
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
31 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Maarkedal · since 1982
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Pet care services, excluding veterinary services · Pajottegem · since 1983
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Abbreviation of IMMOBILIERE CARO · Ukkel · since 1985
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Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · Beringen · since 1988
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Herentals · since 1996
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Inland freight water transport · Stabroek · since 1997
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Sint-Truiden · since 1999
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Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · Antwerpen · since 1999
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2012
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Retail sale of other household articles · since 2015
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Kontich · since 2017
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Full-service restaurants · La Louvière · since 2017
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Vermogensbeheer · Oostrozebeke · since 2015
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Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · Antwerpen · since 2019
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Geraardsbergen · since 2009
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Day spas, saunas and steam baths · since 2005
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Tattoo and piercing services · since 2021
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Retail sale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, excluding motor fuels · since 2024
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2026
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Other personal services · since 2026
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Destelbergen · since 2025
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Roeselare · since 2023
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since 1991
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2014
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Name of an establishment of MICHAEL MAZUIN CHARLEROI SUD · Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Fosses-la-Ville · since 2016
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Literary creation · Lievegem · since 2019
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Other publishing activities, excluding software publishing · since 2020
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Full-service restaurants · Geel · since 2020
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Full-service restaurants · Sint-Niklaas · since 2004
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Activities of head offices · Brakel · since 2008
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Roofing work · Brakel · since 2024
Names that resemble it 29 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Groothandel in reinigingsmiddelen · Evere · since 1971
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Ukkel · since 1982
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Retail sale of women's outerwear · Turnhout · since 1986
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Bodywork repair (including spraying and painting) · Grâce-Hollogne · since 1987
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Retail sale of footwear · Temse · since 1993
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Post-production of films, video and television programmes · Gent · since 2015
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Retail sale of women's outerwear · Ukkel · since 2016
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Cultural education · since 2016
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Office administrative and support services · Maldegem · since 2020
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Retail sale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, excluding motor fuels · since 2021
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Floor and wall tiling · Temse · since 2022
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Vermogensbeheer · Ukkel · since 2023
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General cleaning of buildings · Antwerpen · since 2011
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Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Pieters-Leeuw · since 2007
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Activities of holding companies · Oudenburg · since 2015
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Name of an establishment of Institut médico-pédagogique Notre-Dame de la Sagesse · Instellingen met huisvesting voor minderjarigen met een mentale handicap · Estaimpuis · since 1971
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Abbreviation of Centre d'Activites Recreatives · Vorst · since 1970
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Abbreviation of Centre d'Aide à la Réussite · Other education · Braine-l'Alleud · since 1998
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Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2026
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Detailhandel in wand- en vloertegels · Thimister-Clermont · since 2021
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Dental practice · Deinze · since 2021
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Freight transport by road · Antwerpen · since 2022
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Web portal activities · since 2022
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Name of an establishment · Business and other management consultancy · Liedekerke · since 2010
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2012
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2026
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Name of an establishment · Groothandel in motorfietsen, delen en toebehoren van motorfietsen · Bonheiden · since 2006
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Full-service restaurants · Bouillon · since 2024
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Brussel · since 2024