Skip to content

Name check

Compared with the KBO register · free

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.

“CANN-IT”

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

5 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • CANN-IT same name
    Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Knokke-Heist · since 2012
  • CANN very similar
    Kruisem · since 2001
  • Vervaardiging van computers en randapparatuur · since 2013
  • Candit very similar
    Computer programming · Bertem · since 2021
  • CONNIT very similar
    Wemmel · since 2023
Names that resemble it 9 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • Other specialised design activities · since 2016
  • Canny similar
    Washing and cleaning of motor vehicles · Hasselt · since 2020
  • CannIbite similar
    Research and development on biotechnology · Kontich · since 2014
  • Detailhandel in babyartikelen (algemeen assortiment) · since 2018
  • Households as employers of domestic personnel · since 2021
  • Detailhandel in onderkleding, lingerie en strand- en badkleding · since 2006
  • CAN NUR similar
    Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Wetteren · since 2018
  • Hotels and similar accommodation · since 2004
  • NNIT similar
    Abbreviation of NoNonsense-IT · Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Beerse · since 2017

Next steps