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.
“CANVA”
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
10 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Business and other management consultancy · Hannut · since 2008
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Name of an establishment of MANATAN · Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · Aalst · since 1994
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Bierbeek · since 2009
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Other amusement and recreation activities · Grez-Doiceau · since 2020
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · since 2025
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · since 2016
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since 2002
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Business and other management consultancy · Kapellen · since 2006
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Computer programming · Dessel · since 2008
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Nutrition and dietetics services · Heusden-Zolder · since 2023
Names that resemble it 24 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Anderlecht · since 2005
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Abbreviation of CAN AUTOMAT NETWORK · Rotterdam · since 1991
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Schaarbeek · since 1993
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Marche-en-Famenne · since 1996
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Antwerpen · since 2018
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Vermogensbeheer · Ieper · since 2006
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Zelzate · since 2019
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Cafés and bars · Verviers · since 2020
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Abbreviation of Ceinture Alimentaire Namuroise · Other membership organisations · Namur · since 2023
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Landscape service activities · since 2025
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Abbreviation of Camerata Aetas Nova · Leuven · since 2009
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Abbreviation of CENTRE D'AFFAIRES NATALIS · Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Liège · since 2012
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Other specialised construction activities · since 2024
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Groothandel in sport- en kampeerartikelen, met uitzondering van fietsen · Gavere · since 2010
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Tielt · since 1992
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since 2018
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Vervaardiging van overige geconfectioneerde artikelen van textiel, muv kleding · Antwerpen · since 2022
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Name of an establishment of Reygel · Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Hasselt · since 2005
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Wholesale of live animals · Diksmuide · since 1987
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Full-service restaurants · Hechtel-Eksel · since 1994
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2016
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Vervaardiging van overige geconfectioneerde artikelen van textiel, muv kleding · Limbourg · since 2025
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Manufacture of outerwear · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of Lenaerts Group · Forging of metal · Meerhout · since 2019