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Name check

Compared with the KBO register · free

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.

“Calathea”

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

8 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • Calathea same name
    Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Geraardsbergen · since 2023
  • Other business support services · since 2023
  • Calathea (sole trader) same namein bankruptcy or liquidation
    Retail sale of flowers, plants, seeds and fertilisers · since 2023
  • CALATHE very similar
    Specialist medical practice · Braine-l'Alleud · since 1997
  • Business and other management consultancy · since 2012
  • CATHEA very similar
    Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Tubize · since 2024
  • Groothandel in koffie, thee, cacao en specerijen · since 2000
  • Calathea Consulting very similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Tielt-Winge · since 2023
Names that resemble it 6 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • CALATHO similar
    Vermogensbeheer · Oudergem · since 2020
  • Inland freight water transport · since 1998
  • Calatus B.V. similar
    Veldhoven · since 2013
  • CARTHEA similar
    Market research and public opinion polling · Elsene · since 2014
  • CALA similar
    Abbreviation of CALA KEUKENS EN INTERIEUR · Retail sale of household furniture · Tessenderlo-Ham · since 2016
  • ATHEA similar
    Manhay · since 1998

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