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.
“Karez”
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
9 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Hairdressing and barber services · Oud-Turnhout · since 2025
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2014
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Verhuur en lease van tenten
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Activities of holding companies · Manage · since 2017
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Abbreviation of Katholieke Scholengemeenschap Regio Schelde vzw · Wetteren · since 2018
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2019
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Development of residential building projects · Oosterzele · since 2020
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2010
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Full-service restaurants · Brugge · since 2011
Names that resemble it 26 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Other specialised design activities · Koksijde · since 2018
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General cleaning of buildings · Brakel · since 2022
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · Lievegem · since 2005
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Nursing and midwifery · since 2022
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Joinery installation · Zoersel · since 1988
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Abbreviation of KARENA INTERNATIONAL · Other retail sale of new goods · Brussel · since 1988
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Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · Beringen · since 2017
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Insulation installation · since 1990
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General electrical installation work · Tessenderlo-Ham · since 2010
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Manufacture of other builders' carpentry and joinery · Geel · since 2006
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Verhuur en lease van machines en installaties voor de bouwnijverheid en de weg- en waterbouw · Houthalen-Helchteren · since 2008
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Sports and recreation education · Hamont-Achel · since 2023
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Blankenberge · since 2026
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Jette · since 2000
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2014
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Hairdressing and barber services · Mortsel · since 2020
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Antwerpen · since 2020
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Brussel · since 1989
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Genk · since 1993
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Activities of holding companies · Oostende · since 1994
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Other business support services · since 2018
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Nursing and midwifery · since 2020
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Gent · since 2021
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Vervaardiging van overige kleding en toebehoren, n.e.g. · Dilbeek · since 2023
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Other business support services · Knokke-Heist · since 2025
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Repair and maintenance of machinery · Grobbendonk · since 2012