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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.

“X-CAPE”

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.

  • X-CAPE same name
    Other sports activities · Florenville · since 1998
  • C.A.P.E. very similar
    Abbreviation of Centre d'Accueil pour l'Enfant · Day nurseries and crèches · Nivelles · since 1983
  • CAPE very similar
    Vermogensbeheer · Leuven · since 2020
  • SCAPE very similar
    Development of residential building projects · Esneux · since 1994
  • X-CARE very similar
    Employment placement agencies · Gent · since 2013
  • J.Cape very similar
    Vermogensbeheer · Antwerpen · since 2019
  • S CAPE very similar
    Travel agency activities · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2004
  • S'CAPE very similar
    Development of residential building projects · Liège · since 2004
  • C.A.P.E. very similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Abbreviation of Centre d'Accueil Les Canaillous · Liège · since 1985
  • S~Cape (sole trader) very similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Full-service restaurants · since 2020
Names that resemble it 1 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • XCA similar
    Abbreviation of CABINET XC AVOCAT · Activities of lawyers · Etterbeek · since 2025

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