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.
“ADICAN”
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.
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Full-service restaurants · Waterloo · since 2007
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Retail sale of beverages, general range · Koksijde · since 1994
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Overige maatschappelijke dienstverlening zonder huisvesting voor ouderen of personen met een handicap · Beringen · since 2025
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Liège · since 2014
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Antwerpen · since 1998
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Computer programming · Temse · since 2001
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Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 2008
Names that resemble it 14 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of Association chrétienne des Dirigeants et Cadres · Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 1962
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Abbreviation of Association pour la Defense des Interets des Consommateurs de Combustibles · Brussel · since 1967
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Abbreviation of ANTWERPS DRUG INTERVENTIE CENTRUM · Activiteiten van gespecialiseerde ziekenhuizen · Antwerpen · since 1985
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Charleroi · since 2014
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since 1998
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Fontaine-l'Evêque · since 2001
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2023
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Pre-press and pre-media services · Ieper · since 2007
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Abbreviation of Association d'Industriels et Commercants espagnols en Belgique · since 1990
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Business and other management consultancy · Etterbeek · since 2020
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Abbreviation of INFORMATIQUE - CONSEIL - ANALYSE · Châtelet · since 1989
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Business and other management consultancy · Keerbergen · since 1999
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Abbreviation of Antwerps Diamantindustrie Centrum · Antwerpen · since 1974
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Full-service restaurants · Zottegem · since 2023