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“CANDIDE”
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16 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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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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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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Retail sale of watches and jewellery · since 2020
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Abbreviation of COMPAGNIE CANDIDE ASBL · Namur · since 2009
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Retail sale of wines and spirits · Charleroi · since 2007
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Name of an establishment of CANDICO · Activities of holding companies · Brugge · since 2012
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Vermogensbeheer · Oosterzele · since 2013
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2025
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Full-service restaurants · since 2005
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Other sports activities · since 2017
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Raising of other animals · since 2003
Names that resemble it 28 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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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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Other business support services · Schoten · since 2008
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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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Business and other management consultancy · since 2021
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Antwerpen · since 1968
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Izegem · since 1987
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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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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 · Mons · since 2001
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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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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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Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · since 2003
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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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Kortrijk · since 2010
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. A name can be free in the register and still be protected as a trademark. Trademarks are searched in the 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.