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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.

“LANES”

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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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

8 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • LANES same name
    Other software publishing · Gent · since 2015
  • LANE4 very similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Asse · since 2016
  • Lanex very similar
    Other building finishing work · Herselt · since 2017
  • Lanem very similar
    Vermogensbeheer · Gent · since 2020
  • LA NEF very similar
    Exploitatie van culturele centra en multifunctionele zalen ten behoeve van culturele activiteiten · Namur · since 2021
  • LANTES very similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Wingene · since 2014
  • Non-conventional therapeutic services · since 2025
  • LANDES very similar
    Bornem · since 2004
Names that resemble it 18 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • LANE similar
    Other non-specialised retail sale · Roeselare · since 2022
  • LANESRA similar
    Activities of lawyers · Boom · since 2023
  • LANZONES similar
    Full-service restaurants · La Hulpe · since 2019
  • Activiteiten van industriële wasserijen · since 1972
  • LANETI similar
    Development of residential building projects · Hulshout · since 2024
  • Event catering · since 2017
  • LAN similar
    Abbreviation of Les Autres Nous · Other personal services · Jette · since 2022
  • L.AN similar
    Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Wichelen · since 2005
  • Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2023
  • LAN similar
    Abbreviation of Veldvenne.LAN · Other membership organisations · Schilde · since 2024
  • LAN similar
    Abbreviation of London At Night · Stoumont · since 2026
  • LA NEUVE similar
    Herve · since 1985
  • Retail sale of beverages, general range
  • Pilanes similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Roeselare · since 2020
  • LANEWCO similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Leuven · since 2010
  • Louanes similar
    Activities of holding companies · Lievegem · since 2024
  • Antwerpen · since 2026
  • Balanes similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · since 2007

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