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.
“Canto”
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
15 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Agents in the wholesale of furniture, household goods and hardware · Kortenberg · since 1999
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Activities of holding companies · Herentals · since 2012
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Business and other management consultancy · Visé · since 2025
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Full-service restaurants · Binche · since 2000
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Full-service restaurants · since 2001
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2001
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LILLE · since 2024
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Other business support services · Oudsbergen · since 2020
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Sports and recreation education · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Roosdaal · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Brecht · since 2010
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Chaudfontaine · since 2024
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Activities of holding companies · Evergem · since 2025
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Grâce-Hollogne · since 2026
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Oostende · since 1997
Names that resemble it 41 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Specialist medical practice · Antwerpen · since 2021
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Activities of holding companies · Gent · since 2025
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Business and other management consultancy · Sassenheim · since 2026
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Performing arts by artistic ensembles · Brugge · since 2016
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Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · Jette · since 2024
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Ukkel · since 2018
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Hoeilaart · since 1973
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Leuven · since 1996
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Name of an establishment of CERIUS · Business and other management consultancy · Oud-Turnhout · since 2002
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Name of an establishment of MD VINS · Full-service restaurants · Comblain-au-Pont · since 2015
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Wholesale of clothing, excluding workwear and underwear · since 1989
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Other professional, scientific and technical activities · Evergem · since 2020
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Business and other management consultancy · Roeselare · since 2021
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Brussel · since 2021
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Manufacture of outerwear · Anderlecht · since 2023
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Activities of holding companies · Erquelinnes · since 2011
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Ukkel · since 2024
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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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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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Landscape service activities · since 2025
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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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Hamme (Vl.) · since 2018
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Abbreviation of Calcant, Antwerpse Orgelvereniging · Antwerpen · since 1998
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Other retail sale of food · Schilde · since 2016
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Activities of building architects · since 2016
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Wholesale of construction materials, general range · Keerbergen · since 2022
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Other business support services · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2024
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Lochristi · since 2024
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Business and other management consultancy · Lille · since 2026
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Anderlecht · since 1995
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Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2024
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Anderlecht · since 1968
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Antwerpen · since 1994