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.
“CANTON”
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
29 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Full-service restaurants · Binche · since 2000
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Full-service restaurants · since 2001
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2001
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Oostende · since 1997
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Activities of holding companies · Gent · since 2025
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Agents in the wholesale of furniture, household goods and hardware · Kortenberg · since 1999
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Activities of holding companies · Herentals · since 2012
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Business and other management consultancy · Visé · since 2025
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LILLE · since 2024
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2018
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Logistics services · Andenne · since 2013
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Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · since 1973
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Full-service restaurants · Boom · since 2021
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Kontich · since 1971
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Dendermonde · since 1993
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General cleaning of buildings · Jette · since 2014
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Computer programming · Ranst · since 2014
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Literary creation · since 2018
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Name of an establishment · Vermogensbeheer · Namur · since 2018
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Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · since 2020
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Groothandel in reinigingsmiddelen · since 1985
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Full-service restaurants · Menen · since 2007
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Name of an establishment of BELENA · Full-service restaurants · Lincent · since 2024
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Cafés and bars · Arlon · since 2025
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since 1994
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Antwerpen · since 1967
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Geel · since 1977
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Leuven · since 1991
Names that resemble it 30 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Sports and recreation education · since 2023
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Specialist medical practice · Antwerpen · since 2021
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Business and other management consultancy · Sassenheim · since 2026
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Visual arts creation · since 2025
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Performing arts by artistic ensembles · Brugge · since 2016
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Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · Jette · since 2024
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Other business support services · Oudsbergen · since 2020
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since 2000
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since 1976
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Joinery installation · since 2015
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Ukkel · since 2018
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Retail sale of other second-hand goods, excluding clothing · Marche-en-Famenne · since 2020
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Activities of head offices · since 2018
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Name of an establishment of DRN COMPANY · Cafés and bars · Schaarbeek · since 2024
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Hoeilaart · since 1973
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Leuven · since 1996
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Name of an establishment of CERIUS · Business and other management consultancy · Oud-Turnhout · since 2002
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since 2014
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Name of an establishment of MD VINS · Full-service restaurants · Comblain-au-Pont · since 2015
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Wholesale of clothing, excluding workwear and underwear · since 1989
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Physiotherapy · since 2019
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Name of an establishment · Other professional, scientific and technical activities · Evergem · since 2020
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Business and other management consultancy · Roeselare · since 2021
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Brussel · since 2021
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2022
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Activities of holding companies · Erquelinnes · since 2011
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Sports and recreation education · since 2026
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Name of an establishment · Certified accountants and tax accountants · Grâce-Hollogne · since 2026
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Anderlecht · since 1995
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Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2024