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.
“Karus”
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
8 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Activiteiten van psychiatrische ziekenhuizen · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2003
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Antwerpen · since 2023
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Other business support services · Gent · since 2013
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since 2011
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Deinze · since 2002
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Abbreviation of PKarus vzw · Youth work associations · Gent · since 2023
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Andere drinkgelegenheden · Brugge · since 2004
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Logistics services · Gent · since 2010
Names that resemble it 22 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Name of an establishment of Deja Vu · Hairdressing and barber services · Mechelen · since 2000
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Business and other management consultancy · Hasselt · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2026
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Rotselaar · since 2026
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Full-service restaurants · since 1983
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Arendonk · since 1996
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Development of residential building projects · Poperinge · since 2016
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2016
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Sports and recreation education · since 2023
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Ukkel · since 2018
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Sports and recreation education · since 2022
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Nursing and midwifery · Kapellen · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · Zandhoven · since 2012
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Public relations and communication consultancy · since 2005
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Day spas, saunas and steam baths · since 2015
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Scherpenheuvel-Zichem · 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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Construction of roads and motorways · Gent · since 2004
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Other postal and courier activities · Gent · since 2006