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.
“KARAMEL”
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
20 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Retail sale of games and toys · since 1981
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Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · since 1998
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Insurance agents and brokers · Waterloo · since 2021
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Advertising agencies · Waterloo · since 2005
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Retail sale of cosmetics and toilet articles · Sint-Genesius-Rode · since 2019
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General medical practice · Schaarbeek · since 2002
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Driving schools for cars and motorcycles · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2010
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Brakel · since 2019
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Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · Geel · since 1988
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Aalst · since 2002
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Construction of roads and motorways · since 2001
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Detailhandel in babyartikelen (algemeen assortiment) · since 1992
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Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · since 1989
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Other business support services · Sint-Niklaas · since 2020
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Office administrative and support services · since 2022
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Mont-Saint-Guibert · since 2010
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Retail sale of footwear · since 2005
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Retail sale of chocolate and confectionery · since 2024
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Full-service restaurants · Knokke-Heist · since 2017
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Andere drinkgelegenheden · since 2026
Names that resemble it 36 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2023
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Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 2016
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Activities of holding companies · Westerlo · since 2016
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Lanaken · since 2010
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Detailhandel in drogisterijartikelen en onderhoudsproducten · Brussel · since 2023
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Computer programming · Faimes · since 2020
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Verenigingen en bewegingen voor volwassenen · Elsene · since 2012
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2022
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since 1997
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Gavere · since 2019
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Brussel · since 2022
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Name of an establishment of ONE MINUTE · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Herstal · since 2009
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Computer programming · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2024
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Schaarbeek · since 2024
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Antwerpen · since 2025
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Gent · since 2025
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Activiteiten van verpakkingsbedrijven · Maasmechelen · since 1976
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Non-scheduled passenger transport by road · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 1986
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Reparatie en onderhoud van schoeisel en lederwaren · Gent · since 2001
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Name of an establishment of BENKARA · Hairdressing and barber services · Brussel · since 2019
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Freight transport by road · Gent · since 2023
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Anderlecht · since 2026
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Nursing and midwifery · since 2022
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Physiotherapy · since 2024
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2020
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2024
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Mobile food service activities · since 2026
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Geraardsbergen · since 1983
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General medical practice · Anzegem · since 2001
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Ternat · since 2019
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Event catering · Heusden-Zolder · since 2019
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since 2024
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Name of an establishment · Business and other management consultancy · Opwijk · since 2023
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Video and film production, excluding cinema and television films · Vorst · since 2024
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Kortrijk · since 2026
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Retail sale of automotive fuel · Grimbergen · since 2009