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.
“karsa”
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
3 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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General construction of residential buildings · Poperinge · since 2024
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Antwerpen · since 2023
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Repair and maintenance of machinery · Houthulst · since 2024
Names that resemble it 25 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2015
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Trade name of KOEKLENBERG AUTOMOTIVE RETAIL SERVICES · Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Schoten · since 2017
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Intermediation services for non-specialised retail · since 2025
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Full-service restaurants · since 2008
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Design of textile patterns, clothing, jewellery, furniture and decorative items · since 2006
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · since 2025
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Hairdressing and barber services · Kruisem · since 2015
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Freight transport by road · Brussel · since 2019
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Activities of head offices · Malle · since 2009
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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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Other non-specialised retail sale · Antwerpen · since 1988
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2019
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 1990
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2021
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2022
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Herent · since 2007
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Insulation installation · since 2018
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Activiteiten op het gebied van logopedie · since 2026
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Name of an establishment · Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Antwerpen · since 2018
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Business and other management consultancy · Lokeren · since 2003
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Pre-press and pre-media services · since 2015
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Leuven · since 1984