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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.

“LICANY”

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

2 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • LICANY same name
    Business and other management consultancy · Borgloon · since 2024
  • LICAN very similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Drogenbos · since 2015
Names that resemble it 13 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • LICA similar
    Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Schaarbeek · since 2015
  • LICA similar
    Vermogensbeheer · Roeselare · since 2022
  • LI CA similar
    Other business support services · Nazareth-De Pinte · since 2026
  • LICAS similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2008
  • LICAP similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Fernelmont · since 2024
  • LICATA similar
    Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 1989
  • LICAWO similar
    Vermogensbeheer · Bree · since 2009
  • LICAGE similar
    Abbreviation of LIVER INTENSIVE CARE GROUP OF EUROPE · Brussel · since 2020
  • LICARE similar
    Nursing and midwifery · Stekene · since 2021
  • LICAYA similar
    Computer programming · Anderlecht · since 2022
  • LI-CARE similar
    Nursing and midwifery · Torhout · since 2022
  • LICAVA similar
    Buying and selling of own real estate · Kortrijk · since 2006
  • LICARE similar
    Frasnes-lez-Anvaing · since 2006

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