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.
“CANTRINE”
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
3 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Bosbouw en bosbouwactiviteiten · Brussel · since 1991
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Repair and maintenance of machinery · since 2015
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Name of an establishment of EAT AT CANTINE · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Vilvoorde · since 2016
Names that resemble it 20 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Physiotherapy · since 1986
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · Boortmeerbeek · since 1988
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Name of an establishment of Unikoo · Other business support services · Sint-Niklaas · since 2013
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Day spas, saunas and steam baths · since 2015
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 1988
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1982
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1994
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Retail sale of pets, pet food and pet supplies · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2021
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Day spas, saunas and steam baths · Hasselt · since 2010
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2012
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Full-service restaurants · since 1983
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Vermogensbeheer · Waterloo · since 2020
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Literary creation · since 2013
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Activities of holding companies · Elsene · since 2018
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1997
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Specialist medical practice · Antwerpen · since 2021
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Elsene · since 1968
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Fleurus · since 1989
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General construction of residential buildings · Brugge · since 2013