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.
“SCANDIS”
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
10 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Vorst · since 2000
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Liège · since 2006
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Abbreviation of Vereniging voor Sportschutters Scaldis · Essen · since 1996
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Manufacture of imitation jewellery and related articles · since 1986
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Groothandel in uurwerken en sieraden · since 1998
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Abbreviation of Jeugdbasket SCALDIS Zwevegem · Zwevegem · since 2004
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Cafés and bars · since 2005
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Groothandel in suiker, chocolade en suikerwerk · Laakdal · since 2007
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Anzegem · since 2025
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Activities of head offices · Kortrijk · since 2025
Names that resemble it 13 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Brussel · since 1990
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Other business support services · Tielt · since 2021
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2013
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Trade name of AT SCAN · Other professional, scientific and technical activities · Leuven · since 2021
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Development of residential building projects · Malmedy · since 2023
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TROYES · since 2000
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Name of an establishment of Scandia Namur – Luxembourg · Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Namur · since 1965
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Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2015
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Other membership organisations · Liège · since 2018
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Manufacture of other builders' carpentry and joinery · since 1985
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Ukkel · since 1980
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Abbreviation of Scan Grote Opiniepeilingen · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 1968
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Genk · since 2005