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.
“Calan”
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
14 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Vervaardiging van spellen en speelgoed · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2023
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Zwevegem · since 1991
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Begijnendijk · since 2000
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Landscape service activities · Boechout · since 1996
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Vervaardiging van roomijs en ander consumptie-ijs · Waterloo · since 2020
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Activities of holding companies · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2024
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Brussel · since 1986
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Wholesale of agricultural produce and animal feed, general range · Frasnes-lez-Anvaing · since 1991
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · De Panne · since 1992
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Full-service restaurants · Brugge · since 2018
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Activities of holding companies · Sint-Martens-Latem · since 2018
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Activities of head offices · Waregem · since 2019
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Business and other management consultancy · Herzele · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of CALLENS - VANDE WALLE · Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Tielt · since 2008
Names that resemble it 40 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of CALA KEUKENS EN INTERIEUR · Retail sale of household furniture · Tessenderlo-Ham · since 2016
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Veterinary services · Beauraing · since 2005
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Computer programming · Gent · since 2024
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Activities of holding companies · Herentals · since 2024
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2015
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Vervaardiging van overige geconfectioneerde artikelen van textiel, muv kleding · La Louvière · since 2021
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Activities of head offices · Moorslede · since 2021
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · since 2007
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2024
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Activities of head offices · Izegem · since 2024
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Mons · since 1989
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Mixed farming · since 1978
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Office administrative and support services · since 2026
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Abbreviation of CENTRE D'ACTIVITES LUDIQUES ARTISTIQUES ET MUSICALES POUR ENFANTS · Schaarbeek · since 1995
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Computer programming · Antwerpen · since 2021
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Business and other management consultancy · Zulte · since 2022
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Manufacture of beer · Thimister-Clermont · since 2022
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Logistics services · since 2022
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Beauvechain · since 2023
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Other membership organisations · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 2010
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Other building finishing work · Namur · since 2011
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Retail sale of medical and orthopaedic goods, excluding prescription glasses and lenses · Eghezée · since 2004
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Other publishing activities, excluding software publishing · Chaumont-Gistoux · since 2008
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Business and other management consultancy · Grez-Doiceau · since 2008
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Other legal services · Lier · since 2025
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Name of an establishment of Compagnie des Autobus liégeois · Scheduled passenger transport by road · Sprimont · since 1922
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Abbreviation of Centre d'Action Laique · Uitgeven van tijdschriften · Elsene · since 1969
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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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Name of an establishment · 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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Abbreviation of CABINET D'ANESTHESIE LEBREUX · Specialist medical practice · Namur · since 2008
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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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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · since 2025