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.
“CANOAS”
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
8 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2006
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Business and other management consultancy · Chaumont-Gistoux · since 2000
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Psychology services · since 2013
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Nutrition and dietetics services · Heusden-Zolder · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of MANATAN · Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · Aalst · since 1994
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Leuven · since 1996
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Overijse · since 2020
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Bierbeek · since 2009
Names that resemble it 15 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of CABINET D’AVOCAT NATACHA OLEFFE · Activities of lawyers · Etterbeek · since 2019
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Sint-Martens-Latem · since 2020
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Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · since 1973
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Business and other management consultancy · Ukkel · since 2021
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Other personal services · since 2016
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2026
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Landscape service activities · Gent · since 2015
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Hotels and similar accommodation · Kortrijk · since 2017
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Other amusement and recreation activities · Grez-Doiceau · since 2020
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Mont-Saint-Guibert · since 2022
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Activities of head offices · Wevelgem · since 2022
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Full-service restaurants · Thimister-Clermont · since 2010
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Office administrative and support services · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2006
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Abbreviation of CANOPY IT · Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Wavre · since 2007
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Holiday cottages, homes and apartments · Hamois · since 2025