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.
“KANTINA”
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
14 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Full-service restaurants · Aalst · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of ZOA · Cafés and bars · Antwerpen · since 2022
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Name of an establishment of Gemeente Spiere-Helkijn · Afvalwaterafvoer · Spiere-Helkijn · since 1977
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Name of an establishment of Phage · Full-service restaurants · Mons · since 2021
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Full-service restaurants · Koksijde · since 2024
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Cafés and bars · Antwerpen · since 2014
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Full-service restaurants · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2017
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Name of an establishment of BOTANIQUE FOOD · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Waterloo · since 2020
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Full-service restaurants · since 1987
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2024
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Event catering · Deerlijk · since 2024
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Other membership organisations · Marche-en-Famenne · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of MAGAS CHARLEROI · Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · Charleroi · since 2004
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Antwerpen · since 1994
Names that resemble it 19 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Gent · since 2025
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Full-service restaurants · Boom · since 2025
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Computer programming · Brussel · since 2015
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2019
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Development of residential building projects · Tessenderlo-Ham · since 1989
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 1990
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Holiday cottages, homes and apartments · Balen · since 1997
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Activities of head offices · Roeselare · since 2002
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Vervaardiging van cider en andere gefermenteerde vruchtendranken · since 2019
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Manufacture of beer · Opwijk · since 2020
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Name of an establishment of Welzijnsschakel KANTEL · Event catering · Brugge · since 2020
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Full-service restaurants · Gent · since 2013
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Abbreviation of Koninklijke Academie voor Nederlandse Taal en Letteren · Speur- en ontwikkelingswerk op het gebied van de maatschappij- en geesteswetenschappen · Gent · since 1980
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Name of an establishment of R.K. FOOD · Niet-gespecialiseerde groothandel in niet-diepgevroren voedingsmiddelen, dranken en genotmiddelen · Elsene · since 1994
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Brugge · since 1997
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Anderlecht · since 2015
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Name of an establishment of L.A. LANE LTD · Retail sale of souvenirs and religious articles · DONCASTER · since 2008
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · since 2004
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Full-service restaurants · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2023