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.
“CANDAN”
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
16 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Schaarbeek · since 1987
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Floor and wall tiling · Hechtel-Eksel · since 2008
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Detailhandel in glas-, porselein- en aardewerk en in niet-elektrische huishoudelijke artikelen · since 1995
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Other education · since 2020
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since 2024
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Other personal services · since 2026
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Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 1992
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Name of an establishment of ZEYNEL · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Gent · since 2006
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2025
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since 2020
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Repair and maintenance of furniture and upholstery · Grimbergen · since 2023
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Lochristi · since 1982
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Charleroi · since 2000
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Activities of holding companies · Oostende · since 2016
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Name of an establishment · Freight transport by road · Vilvoorde · since 2021
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Maasmechelen · since 2003
Names that resemble it 44 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of CAN AUTOMAT NETWORK · Rotterdam · since 1991
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Schaarbeek · since 1993
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Marche-en-Famenne · since 1996
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Antwerpen · since 2018
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Vermogensbeheer · Ieper · since 2006
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Zelzate · since 2019
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Cafés and bars · Verviers · since 2020
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Abbreviation of Ceinture Alimentaire Namuroise · Other membership organisations · Namur · since 2023
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Landscape service activities · since 2025
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Abbreviation of Camerata Aetas Nova · Leuven · since 2009
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Abbreviation of CENTRE D'AFFAIRES NATALIS · Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Liège · since 2012
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Other specialised construction activities · since 2024
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Manufacture of cocoa, chocolate and sugar confectionery · Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 1983
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Literary creation · since 2017
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Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · since 2009
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Industriële vervaardiging van brood en van vers banketbakkerswerk · Bredene · since 2004
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Abbreviation of CONTRACTORS and CONSULTING · Zevenhuizen-Rotterdam · since 1990
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Abbreviation of COMPUTERS and CONCEPTION · Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Chaumont-Gistoux · since 1995
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Abbreviation of Compagnie des Arbalétriers de Notre-Dame de Dinant · Activities of other sports clubs · Dinant · since 1998
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 1986
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Vervaardiging van buizen, pijpen, holle profielen en fittings daarvoor, van staal · Zoersel · since 2014
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Activities of building architects · since 2023
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Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets)
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 1989
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Growing of flowers · Kraainem · since 2004
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Freight transport by road · Mechelen · since 2006
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Other manufacturing not elsewhere classified · since 2025
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Business and other management consultancy · Wingene · since 2025
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Business and other management consultancy · Grez-Doiceau · since 2025
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 2016
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2023
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Cultural education · since 2010
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Brugge · since 2023
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Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 1965
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Other building finishing work · Koekelberg · since 1990
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Abbreviation of Candle Research · Business and other management consultancy · Lede · since 2014
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1995
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Activities of lawyers · Zandhoven · since 2019
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Deinze · since 2021
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Joinery installation · Brugge · since 2012
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PARIS · since 2006
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Mons · since 2007
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Retail sale of wines and spirits · Charleroi · since 2007
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Agents in the wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco · Courcelles · since 2025