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.
“Canico”
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
35 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Pet care services, excluding veterinary services · Kortenberg · since 2025
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Pet training · since 2018
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Activities of holding companies · Antwerpen · since 2018
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Office administrative and support services · Antwerpen · since 2020
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Antwerpen · since 1968
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Activities of holding companies · Brugge · since 2012
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Veterinary services · Zemst · since 2020
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Other business support services · Knokke-Heist · since 2023
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Retail sale of pets, pet food and pet supplies · Blégny · since 1990
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Business and other management consultancy · Tremelo · since 2014
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Other amusement and recreation activities · since 2017
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2006
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Other tax advisory services · Genk · since 1986
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Name of an establishment · Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 1988
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Lennik · since 1988
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Abbreviation of CONSEILS EN ASSURANCE, PRET, IMMOBILIER ET CONSTRUCTION · Algemene bouw van kantoorgebouwen · Anderlecht · since 1988
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Retail sale of hardware, building materials, paint and glass (general range) · Oupeye · since 1994
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Manufacture of medical and dental instruments and supplies · Dessel · since 1994
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Buggenhout · since 1995
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Waasmunster · since 1999
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Real estate agency activities · Chaumont-Gistoux · since 2000
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Plastering work · Geraardsbergen · since 2000
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Plumbing work · since 2015
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Plumbing work · since 2016
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Activities of holding companies · Izegem · since 2016
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Pet care services, excluding veterinary services · since 2019
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Schoten · since 2020
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Business and other management consultancy · Schilde · since 2020
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Computer programming · since 2015
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Essen · since 2012
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Braine-le-Château · since 2005
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HULDANGE · since 2005
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Vervaardiging van deuren en vensters van kunststof · Geetbets · since 2005
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Name of an establishment · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Deinze · since 2006
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Wholesale of clothing, excluding workwear and underwear · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 1993
Names that resemble it 24 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Pet care services, excluding veterinary services · since 2009
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Agents in the wholesale of furniture, household goods and hardware · Jodoigne · since 2010
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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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Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 1998
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Pet care services, excluding veterinary services · since 2015
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Abbreviation of Compagnie Canicule · Schaarbeek · since 2017
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Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · since 2002
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Raising of other animals · Nazareth-De Pinte · since 2023
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Retail sale of pets, pet food and pet supplies · since 2010
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Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · since 2025
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2026
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Retail sale of pets, pet food and pet supplies · since 1983
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Pet care services, excluding veterinary services · since 2019
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Retail sale of pets, pet food and pet supplies · since 1988
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General electrical installation work · since 1995
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Computer programming · since 1998
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Literary creation · since 2019
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Full-service restaurants · Gent · since 2023
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Abbreviation of DIERENASIEL CANINA · Other membership organisations · Essen · since 1988
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Name of an establishment of Unikoo · Other business support services · Sint-Niklaas · since 2013
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Retail sale of pets, pet food and pet supplies · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2021
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Dental practice · Antwerpen · since 2010
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Event catering · since 2026