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.
“CanM”
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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Construction of utility projects for electricity and telecommunications · Evergem · since 2022
Names that resemble it 29 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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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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Development of residential building projects · Erpe-Mere · since 2017
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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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Name of an establishment of Es Vedrà · Retail sale of women's outerwear · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2022
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Abbreviation of Ceinture Alimentaire Namuroise · Other membership organisations · Namur · since 2023
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Installation of industrial machinery and equipment · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2023
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Landscape service activities · since 2025
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Abbreviation of Camerata Aetas Nova · Leuven · since 2009
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Groothandel in zuivelproducten en eieren · since 2011
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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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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2004
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Other specialised construction activities · since 2024
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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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Kruisem · since 2001
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Nazareth-De Pinte · since 2019
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Abbreviation of CABINET D’AVOCAT NATACHA OLEFFE · Activities of lawyers · Etterbeek · since 2019
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Ukkel · since 2018
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Sint-Martens-Latem · since 2020
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Specialist medical practice · Antwerpen · since 2021
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Pre-press and pre-media services · since 2022
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Leuven · since 2024
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Activities of head offices · Essen · since 2025
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Freight transport by road · since 2007