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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.

“Francis Cannaert”

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

7 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • Francis Cannaert same name
    Physiotherapy · Izegem · since 2011
  • FRANCIS very similar
    Other business support services · Wortegem-Petegem · since 2018
  • FRANCIS (sole trader) very similar
    Hairdressing and barber services · since 1980
  • FRANCIS very similar
    Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Oud-Heverlee · since 2021
  • FRANCIS very similar
    Name of an establishment of FRANCIS FIJNSCHILDERS · Painting of buildings · Beerse · since 2006
  • CANNAERT very similar
    Vervaardiging van roomijs en ander consumptie-ijs · Heuvelland · since 2005
  • FRANCIS very similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Antwerpen · since 1990
Names that resemble it 13 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.

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