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.
“CATHANA”
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
1 registered enterprise with a name easily confused with yours.
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Activities of holding companies · Elsene · since 2016
Names that resemble it 22 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Retail sale of electrical household appliances · Brussel · since 2008
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Groothandel in uurwerken en sieraden · since 1977
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since 2026
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Namur · since 2020
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Vorst · since 2023
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General construction of residential buildings · Antwerpen · since 2012
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Name of an establishment of L'ARCHE BRUXELLES · Instellingen met huisvesting voor volwassenen met een mentale handicap · Etterbeek · since 1996
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Abbreviation of CENTRE APOSTOLIQUE NOUVELLE ALLIANCE · Anderlecht · since 1997
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Nazareth-De Pinte · since 2019
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Ukkel · since 2018
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Pre-press and pre-media services · since 2022
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Name of an establishment of CENTRUM VOOR ALGEMEEN WELZIJNSWERK ANTWERPEN · Other social work without accommodation · Antwerpen · since 1995
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Name of an establishment of MARINERO · Activities of head offices · Zwevegem · since 2007
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Activities of independent sportspeople · since 2015
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Guest rooms (bed and breakfast) · since 2020
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Kortemark · since 2020
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Abbreviation of CHARLEROI NATURE · Other amusement and recreation activities · Charleroi · since 2009
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2012
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Name of an establishment of CARE AT HOME SERVICE · Other business support services · Gent · since 2006
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Abbreviation of Chabad Hebrew Activity Network Association · Etterbeek · since 2007
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Bemiddelingsactiviteiten voor de gespecialiseerde detailhandel · since 2026
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Event catering · Boussu · since 2023