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.
“CANDELA”
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
22 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Advertising agencies · Schaarbeek · since 1990
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Instellingen met huisvesting voor volwassenen met een mentale handicap · Beernem · since 1996
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Computer programming · Herentals · since 2001
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Name of an establishment of IL POMODORO · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Charleroi · since 2009
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Antwerpen · since 2010
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Detailhandel in glas-, porselein- en aardewerk en in niet-elektrische huishoudelijke artikelen · since 2025
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1995
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Retail sale of other household articles · since 2025
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Production of cinema films · Ukkel · since 2025
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Business and other management consultancy · Ukkel · since 2009
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Day spas, saunas and steam baths · since 2012
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Vermogensbeheer · Liège · since 2012
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2024
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Tielt · since 1992
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Construction of roads and motorways · since 2003
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Specialist medical practice · Antwerpen · since 2025
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Other retail sale of new goods · Ukkel · since 2010
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since 2024
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Translation services · since 2025
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Retail sale of hardware, building materials, paint and glass (general range) · since 2024
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Other manufacturing not elsewhere classified · since 2026
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Asse · since 1971
Names that resemble it 33 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Computer programming · Antwerpen · since 2024
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 1986
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Business and other management consultancy · Grez-Doiceau · since 2025
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Renting and leasing of other machinery, equipment and tangible goods · Wortegem-Petegem · since 1991
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Business and other management consultancy · Knokke-Heist · since 2015
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Koksijde · since 2018
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Other manufacturing not elsewhere classified · since 2023
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Joinery installation · Brugge · since 2012
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Mons · since 2007
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Other manufacturing not elsewhere classified · since 2024
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Activities of holding companies · Oud-Turnhout · since 2026
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Activities of holding companies · Gent · since 2010
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2007
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Wortegem-Petegem · since 1992
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2019
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Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2023
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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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Retail sale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, excluding motor fuels · since 2014
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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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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1986
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Floor and wall tiling · Hechtel-Eksel · since 2008
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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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since 1977
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Freight transport by road · Mechelen · since 2006
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Activities of head offices · Maarkedal · since 2024
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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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Tattoo and piercing services · since 2025