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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.

“CANTEO”

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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.

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  • 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

11 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • CANTEO same name
    Grâce-Hollogne · since 2026
  • Wholesale of clothing, excluding workwear and underwear · since 1989
  • CAN-TEX very similar
    Manufacture of outerwear · Anderlecht · since 2023
  • Canter very similar
    Ukkel · since 2024
  • CANTO very similar
    Agents in the wholesale of furniture, household goods and hardware · Kortenberg · since 1999
  • Canto very similar
    Activities of holding companies · Herentals · since 2012
  • CAN TO very similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Visé · since 2025
  • General cleaning of buildings · since 2017
  • CANTOO very similar
    LILLE · since 2024
  • Candeo very similar
    Activities of holding companies · Oud-Turnhout · since 2026
  • Cantex very similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Anderlecht · since 1968
Names that resemble it 21 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • Cant similar
    Specialist medical practice · Antwerpen · since 2021
  • Cantera similar
    Wholesale of construction materials, general range · Keerbergen · since 2022
  • CANTERAS similar
    Computer programming · Antwerpen · since 2016
  • CANTEIRA similar
    Growing of flowers · Lochristi · since 2008
  • Mixed farming · since 2004
  • Cantemus similar
    Abbreviation of Gemengd Koor Cantemus · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 2024
  • CantersB similar
    General construction of residential buildings · Lummen · since 2024
  • Canta similar
    Other business support services · Oudsbergen · since 2020
  • CanaanTek similar
    Abbreviation of Europe CanaanTek · Wholesale of information and communication equipment · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 2021
  • Cantal similar
    Hoeilaart · since 1973
  • CANTAS similar
    Leuven · since 1996
  • CANTON similar
    Full-service restaurants · Binche · since 2000
  • CANTAU similar
    Name of an establishment of CERIUS · Business and other management consultancy · Oud-Turnhout · since 2002
  • Full-service restaurants · since 2001
  • Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2001
  • CANTIL similar
    Name of an establishment of MD VINS · Full-service restaurants · Comblain-au-Pont · since 2015
  • Canthi similar
    Other professional, scientific and technical activities · Evergem · since 2020
  • Cantal similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Roeselare · since 2021
  • CANTUM similar
    Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Brussel · since 2021
  • CANTIX similar
    Activities of holding companies · Erquelinnes · since 2011
  • CANTON similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Oostende · since 1997

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