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Name check

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.

“LICATOR”

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

4 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • LICATOR same name
    Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Wevelgem · since 2025
  • ICATOR very similar
    Abbreviation of Coalition internationale contre la torture électronique et la robotisation des êtres vivants · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2016
  • LICTOR very similar
    LUXEMBURG · since 2007
  • LOCATOR very similar
    Tournai · since 1999
Names that resemble it 15 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • LICATA similar
    Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 1989
  • APPLICATOR similar
    Amsterdam · since 1981
  • LICATRA similar
    Freight transport by road · Oostrozebeke · since 2002
  • Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · since 2018
  • 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
  • since 2014
  • since 1982
  • Business and other management consultancy · Aiseau-Presles · since 2023
  • LICAN similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Drogenbos · since 2015
  • LICOR similar
    Activities of holding companies · Sint-Niklaas · since 2019
  • LICAS similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2008
  • LICAP similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Fernelmont · since 2024
  • WRAPPLICATOR similar
    Graphic design and visual communication · Charleroi · since 2025

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