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Compared with the KBO register · free

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.

“NaCaCe”

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

7 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • NaCaCe same name
    Activities of holding companies · Antwerpen · since 2013
  • NACE very similar
    Abbreviation of Networking Arab Civic Education · since 2022
  • nacé (sole trader) very similar
    Agents in the wholesale of timber and building materials · since 2020
  • A.C.A.C.E. very similar
    Abbreviation of L'ALLIANCE DES CHORAFAES EL ADARISSA ET LEURS CONFRERES EN EUROPE · Anderlecht · since 2007
  • NALACE very similar
    Vermogensbeheer · Diest · since 2014
  • N.A. CARE very similar
    Nursing and midwifery · Boortmeerbeek · since 2021
  • NACE very similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Cafés and bars · Schaarbeek · since 2015
Names that resemble it 9 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • NACA similar
    Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Gent · since 1992
  • Organisation of conventions and trade shows · since 1994
  • NACEL similar
    Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1992
  • Nacap B.V. similar
    Eelde · since 2010
  • Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2017
  • Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2021
  • Nacara similar
    Buying and selling of own real estate · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2023
  • CACE similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Kontich · since 2020
  • Non-specialised wholesale trade · since 1993

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