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“CANVAS”

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Same or very similar names

17 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • Canvas same name
    Name of an establishment of MANATAN · Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · Aalst · since 1994
  • CANVAS same name
    Buying and selling of own real estate · Bierbeek · since 2009
  • CANVA very similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Hannut · since 2008
  • Sole trader very similar
    Pre-press and pre-media services · since 2024
  • CANVAS RESCUE very similar
    Vervaardiging van overige geconfectioneerde artikelen van textiel, muv kleding · Limbourg · since 2025
  • CANTAS very similar
    Leuven · since 1996
  • Kanvas very similar
    Brussel · since 1997
  • VANVAS very similar
    Real estate agency activities · Oosterzele · since 2013
  • KANVAS very similar
    Joinery installation · Waregem · since 2015
  • KANVAS very similar
    Abbreviation of Kanvas Atelier · Other education · Deinze · since 2019
  • CONVAS very similar
    Real estate agency activities · Gent · since 2021
  • Sole trader very similar
    Photography, excluding press photography · since 2023
  • LANVAS very similar
    Abbreviation of LANDMEETKUNDIG VASTGOEDKANTOOR VANDENDRIESSCHE PHILIPPE · Land surveying · Aalst · since 2008
  • CANOAS very similar
    Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2006
  • CINVAS very similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Verviers · since 2025
  • CAMVAS very similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Niklaas · since 2025
  • Blue Canvas very similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Zoersel · since 2018
Names that resemble it 5 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • CANVASCAMP similar
    Groothandel in sport- en kampeerartikelen, met uitzondering van fietsen · Gavere · since 2010
  • Sole trader similar
    since 2002
  • Sole trader similar
    Physiotherapy · since 2018
  • CANVIE similar
    Anderlecht · since 2005
  • Canvart similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Name of an establishment of Lenaerts Group · Forging of metal · Meerhout · since 2019

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. A name can be free in the register and still be protected as a trademark. Trademarks are searched in the 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.

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