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.
“CarryOn”
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
4 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
-
Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Hove · since 1992
-
Harelbeke · since 1992
-
Agents in the wholesale of textiles, clothing, fur, footwear and leather goods · Antwerpen · since 1995
-
Deinze · since 2022
Names that resemble it 25 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
-
Retail sale of hardware, building materials, paint and glass (general range) · since 1982
-
Development of residential building projects · Brussel · since 2022
-
Niet-gespecialiseerde groothandel in niet-diepgevroren voedingsmiddelen, dranken en genotmiddelen · Liège · since 1984
-
Other business support services · since 1997
-
Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Hove · since 2022
-
Groothandel in reinigingsmiddelen · Evere · since 1971
-
Name of an establishment of FIBOR · Discotheken, dancings en dergelijke · Antwerpen · since 1985
-
Retail sale of women's outerwear · Turnhout · since 1986
-
Bodywork repair (including spraying and painting) · Grâce-Hollogne · since 1987
-
Hairdressing and barber services · Dendermonde · since 1987
-
Groothandel in kranten, boeken en tijdschriften · Court-Saint-Etienne · since 1993
-
Verhuur en lease van machines en installaties voor de bouwnijverheid en de weg- en waterbouw · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 1993
-
Name of an establishment of ANIMUS · Event catering · Antwerpen · since 1994
-
Attert · since 1996
-
Antwerpen · since 1998
-
Hotels and similar accommodation · Lommel · since 2002
-
Retail sale of women's outerwear · Herentals · since 2003
-
Name of an establishment of JC CLAP · Cafés and bars · Hamoir · since 2014
-
Groothandel in levende dieren, muv levend vee
-
Post-production of films, video and television programmes · Gent · since 2015
-
Retail sale of watches and jewellery · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2016
-
Full-service restaurants · since 1988
-
Floor and wall tiling · Temse · since 2022
-
General cleaning of buildings · Antwerpen · since 2011
-
Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 1988