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Compared with the KBO register · free

Type the name you want to use. You see at once whether an active company already has the same or a similar name, and whether it works in your sector.

“Cannaerts, Rob”

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.

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Same or very similar names

2 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • Sole trader same name
    Joinery installation · since 2011
  • Sole trader very similar
    Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2009
Names that resemble it 40 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • CANNAERT similar
    Vervaardiging van roomijs en ander consumptie-ijs · Heuvelland · since 2005
  • Sole trader similar
    Physiotherapy · since 2021
  • Sole trader similar
    since 2017
  • Sole trader similar
    Business and other management consultancy · since 2021
  • Sole trader similar
    Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · since 2021
  • Sole trader similar
    Vervaardiging van overige kleding en toebehoren, n.e.g. · since 2016
  • Sole trader similar
    since 1992
  • Sole trader similar
    Landscape service activities · since 2020
  • Sole trader similar
    Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2020
  • Sole trader similar
    Vervaardiging van keukenmeubelen · since 2006
  • Sole trader similar
    Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2024
  • Sole trader similar
    Sports and recreation education · since 2025
  • Sole trader similar
    Full-service restaurants · since 2026
  • Sole trader similar
    Industriële vervaardiging van brood en van vers banketbakkerswerk · since 2016
  • Sole trader similar
    Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · since 1988
  • Sole trader similar
    Landscape service activities · since 2023
  • Sole trader similar
    Literary creation · since 2023
  • Sole trader similar
    Landscape service activities · since 2024
  • Sole trader similar
    since 2024
  • Sole trader similar
    Other human health activities · since 2026
  • Sole trader similar
    Cafés and bars · since 2026
  • Sole trader similar
    General construction of residential buildings · since 2006
  • Sole trader similar
    Other cleaning activities · since 2016
  • Sole trader similar
    Other building finishing work · since 2016
  • Sole trader similar
    Hairdressing and barber services · since 2023
  • Sole trader similar
    since 1982
  • Sole trader similar
    Mixed farming · since 1971
  • Sole trader similar
    Hairdressing and barber services · since 1969
  • Sole trader similar
    since 1995
  • Sole trader similar
    Physiotherapy · since 1988
  • Sole trader similar
    Performing arts by independent artists · since 2024
  • Sole trader similar
    Vervaardiging van andere keramische producten · since 2025
  • Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 1979
  • Sole trader similar
    Tourist information services · since 2013
  • Business and other management consultancy · Kapellen · since 2018
  • Sole trader similar
    Psychology services · since 2021
  • Other cleaning activities · Bornem · since 2023
  • Sole trader similar
    Video and film production, excluding cinema and television films · since 2025
  • Sole trader similar
    Sports and recreation education · since 1991
  • Sole trader similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Wholesale of live animals · since 1994

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. A name can be free in the register and still be protected as a trademark. Trademarks are searched in the 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.

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