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“CAPANDER”

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Same or very similar names

1 registered enterprise with a name easily confused with yours.

  • CAPANDER same name
    Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Anderlues · since 2016
Names that resemble it 20 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • Sole trader similar
    Holiday cottages, homes and apartments · since 2024
  • CAPAN similar
    Repair and maintenance of fabricated metal products · Peer · since 2022
  • Cap and Go similar
    Activiteiten van slachthuizen · Court-Saint-Etienne · since 2009
  • Sole trader similar
    Other retail sale of food · since 2026
  • Sole trader similar
    since 2023
  • Sole trader similar
    Activities of interior architects · since 2021
  • CAPA similar
    Name of an establishment of Koninklijk Museum voor Midden-Afrika · Activiteiten van musea en collecties · Tervuren · since 1969
  • CAPA similar
    Wholesale of live animals · Héron · since 1986
  • CAPA similar
    Schaarbeek · since 1987
  • CAPA similar
    General construction of residential buildings · Antwerpen · since 1994
  • CAPA similar
    Other building finishing work · Tournai · since 1994
  • C.A.P.A. similar
    Abbreviation of COLORANTS AZOÏQUES ET PRODUITS AUXILIAIRES · Handelsbemiddeling in de groothandel in brandstoffen, ertsen, metalen en chemische producten · Antwerpen · since 1994
  • CAPA similar
    Buying and selling of own real estate · Laakdal · since 2015
  • CAPA similar
    Vermogensbeheer · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2008
  • CA.PA similar
    Abbreviation of Commercial Advisor Philippe Adriaensen · Activities of holding companies · Antwerpen · since 2022
  • CAPA similar
    Abbreviation of Climate Adaptation and Peace for Africa · Brugge · since 2023
  • CAPA similar
    Other building finishing work · Hasselt · since 2011
  • CAPA similar
    Abbreviation of Collectif d'Accord de ne pas être d'Accord · Other membership organisations · Brussel · since 2025
  • Ander similar
    Name of an establishment of Depoorter Vermeulen · Wholesale of electrical household appliances and audio-video equipment · Nieuwpoort · since 1995
  • CAPA similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Harelbeke · since 1989

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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