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.
“CANDICO”
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
12 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Antwerpen · since 1968
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Activities of holding companies · Brugge · since 2012
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Other tax advisory services · Genk · since 1986
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Retail sale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, excluding motor fuels · Antwerpen · since 1989
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Site preparation · since 2011
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Pet care services, excluding veterinary services · Kortenberg · since 2025
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Ledegem · since 2002
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Business and other management consultancy · Wevelgem · since 2020
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Vermogensbeheer · Geel · since 2020
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Other business support services · Zonhoven · since 2021
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Antwerpen · since 1978
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Non-scheduled passenger transport by road · Heusden-Zolder · since 2020
Names that resemble it 42 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Name of an establishment of CANDICAR EUROPE · Groothandel in reinigingsmiddelen · Mettet · since 1988
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Groothandel in aanhangwagens, opleggers en caravans · since 1986
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Lochristi · since 1982
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Computer programming · Bertem · since 2021
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2023
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PARIS · since 2006
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Retail sale of wines and spirits · Charleroi · since 2007
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Activities of lawyers · since 2001
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2021
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · Sint-Lievens-Houtem · since 1989
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Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · Elsene · since 2002
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Abbreviation of Candide ASBL · Performing arts by artistic ensembles · Schaarbeek · since 2016
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Manufacture of outerwear · since 2026
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Activiteiten van bejaardenzorg aan huis, muv (thuis)verpleging · since 2022
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Cafés and bars · since 2004
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Sint-Pieters-Leeuw · since 2005
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Web portal activities · since 2023
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Real estate agency activities · since 2026
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Izegem · since 1987
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Activities of lawyers · Edegem · since 2021
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Other business support services · Schoten · since 2008
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Brussel · since 2005
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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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Business and other management consultancy · Tremelo · since 2014
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Vervaardiging van buizen, pijpen, holle profielen en fittings daarvoor, van staal · Zoersel · since 2014
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2016
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Other amusement and recreation activities · since 2017
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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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Floor and wall tiling · Hechtel-Eksel · since 2008
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2018
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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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Name of an establishment of MD DISTRIBUTION · Retail sale of beverages, general range · Bernissart · since 1990
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Kortrijk · since 2010