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.
“Carousel”
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
23 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Name of an establishment of PAC-MAN · Activiteiten van loterijen en kansspelen · Harelbeke · since 1996
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Abbreviation of Carousel Chamber Music Ensemble · Mechelen · since 2020
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Full-service restaurants · since 1977
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Gent · since 2024
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Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 1979
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Willebroek · since 1983
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Beringen · since 1984
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Wholesale of other household goods · Schilde · since 1994
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Performing arts by independent artists · Antwerpen · since 2001
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2024
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Full-service restaurants · since 1980
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Retail sale of other household articles · since 1978
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Full-service restaurants · since 1980
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Full-service restaurants · since 2004
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Malle · since 2006
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Schilde · since 2007
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Business and other management consultancy · Keerbergen · since 2025
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Brecht · since 2015
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · since 2019
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Name of an establishment of OMUR · Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Evere · since 2024
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Production of cinema films · Gent · since 2024
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Brussel · since 2012
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Operation of fairground attractions · since 1988
Names that resemble it 29 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Oudenaarde · since 2016
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Name of an establishment of CINQ · Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Waterloo · since 2007
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Floor and wall tiling · Braine-l'Alleud · since 1955
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Zottegem · since 1986
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Braives · since 2002
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Activities of interior architects · Gent · since 2018
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Detailhandel in wand- en vloertegels · Liège · since 2003
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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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Insulation installation · since 1988
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Retail sale of other household articles · since 2015
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Cafés and bars · since 1996
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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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Operation of fairground attractions · Brugge · since 2023
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Retail sale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, excluding motor fuels · since 2024
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Other personal services · since 2026