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.
“CAUTER”
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
19 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · Dendermonde · since 2001
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Manufacture of medical and dental instruments and supplies · Zaventem · since 2001
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · since 1994
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Name of an establishment of Van Cauter Multitechnieken · General electrical installation work · Lede · since 1990
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Joinery installation · Mechelen · since 2002
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Repair and fitting of specific motor vehicle parts · since 2021
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Full-service restaurants · Aalst · since 2025
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LUXEMBOURG · since 2009
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Abbreviation of Calter Projects · Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Schilde · since 2021
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Schaarbeek · since 2008
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Plumbing work · Bree · since 2024
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Ukkel · since 2024
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Other business support services · Beernem · since 2026
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Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · Oudenaarde · since 2016
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Nursing and midwifery · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2022
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Specialist medical practice · Brugge · since 2006
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Activities of lawyers · since 2025
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Name of an establishment · Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Destelbergen · since 1992
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since 1991
Names that resemble it 15 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Development of residential building projects · Antwerpen · since 2018
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Name of an establishment of Gemeente Anderlecht · Gemeentelijke overheid, met uitzondering van het OCMW · Anderlecht · since 1969
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Construction of utility projects for electricity and telecommunications · since 1996
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Beveiligingsactiviteiten, n.e.g. · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2025
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2021
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2011
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Physiotherapy · Hasselt · since 2021
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Business and other management consultancy · Maarkedal · since 2008
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Support activities for crop production · since 2007
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since 1982
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2017
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2007
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2020
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Maarkedal · since 2011
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Name of an establishment · Physiotherapy · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2015