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.
“Katan”
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
22 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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's-Hertogenbosch · since 1971
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Business and other management consultancy · Wemmel · since 2013
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Other retail sale of food · Antwerpen · since 2020
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Other postal and courier activities · Malle · since 2023
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Geraardsbergen · since 2016
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General construction of residential buildings · Chastre · since 2021
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Freight transport by road · Genk · since 2023
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General construction of residential buildings · Drogenbos · since 2024
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Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · Brussel · since 2014
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Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2018
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Vermogensbeheer · Sint-Pieters-Leeuw · since 2014
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Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · since 2001
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Office administrative and support services · Knokke-Heist · since 2020
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Activities of holding companies · Hasselt · since 2020
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Roeselare · since 2021
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Vermogensbeheer · Sint-Martens-Latem · since 2023
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Manufacture of outerwear · since 2016
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Business and other management consultancy · Grez-Doiceau · since 2025
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Other construction installation · since 2024
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2015
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Sint-Niklaas · since 1989
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Construction of utility projects for electricity and telecommunications · Zele · since 1996
Names that resemble it 31 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Computer programming · Huldenberg · since 1998
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Retail sale of second-hand clothing · Gent · since 2018
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Activities of building architects · Anderlecht · since 2023
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Hasselt · since 1987
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Activities of holding companies · Brugge · since 2019
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Activities of holding companies · Wichelen · since 2006
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Gent · since 2003
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · since 2023
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Knokke-Heist · since 2024
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since 2013
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Business and other management consultancy · Mortsel · since 2013
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2021
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Video and film production, excluding cinema and television films · Beyne-Heusay · since 2021
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Openbaar bestuur op het gebied gezondheidszorg, onderwijs, culturele diensten en andere sociale diensten · Hasselt · since 2022
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Office administrative and support services · Kapellen · since 2023
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Abbreviation of Koolkerks Amateurtoneel De Povere Leute · Brugge · since 1982
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Graphic design and visual communication · Antwerpen · since 1990
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Groothandel in weefsels, stoffen en fournituren · Oostende · since 1991
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Abbreviation of Kans Armoede Terugslaan · Antwerpen · since 1997
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Elsene · since 1997
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Abbreviation of KONINKLIJKE ANTWERPSE TURNKRING · Antwerpen · since 2000
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Tienen · since 2000
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Name of an establishment of KAT BELGIUM · Demolition · Schaarbeek · since 2003
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Activities of holding companies · Antwerpen · since 2014
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Floor and wall tiling · Namur · since 2017
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Other education · since 2025
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Other tax advisory services · Herve · since 2020
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2022
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2000
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Abbreviation of KoorAcademie Tienen · Performing arts by artistic ensembles · Tienen · since 2024
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Bouw van rioleringen · since 2017