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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.

“CAD11”

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

1 registered enterprise with a name easily confused with yours.

  • CAD11 same name
    Urban planning and landscape architecture · Kalmthout · since 2023
Names that resemble it 13 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • C.A.D. similar
    Abbreviation of Coordinatie Antwerpse Dierenbescherming · Antwerpen · since 1982
  • C.A.D. similar
    General construction of residential buildings · Antwerpen · since 1988
  • C.A.D. similar
    Abbreviation of Comité Africain pour le Développement · Brussel · since 1989
  • C.A.D. similar
    Abbreviation of Comité africain pour le Développement - African Committee for Development - Comite Africano para el Desarollo - Comite Africano para o Desenvolvimento · Brussel · since 1990
  • C A D similar
    Real estate agency activities · Aubange · since 1996
  • CAD similar
    Abbreviation of The Cedar Hill II · Brussel · since 2013
  • Other education · since 2016
  • C.A.D similar
    Abbreviation of COORDINATION DES ASSOCIATIONS DE DALABA · Etterbeek · since 2020
  • C-AD similar
    Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2022
  • Computer programming · since 2011
  • CAD similar
    Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Brugge · since 2005
  • C.A.D. similar
    Abbreviation of Cabinet d'avocats Didier De Decker · Activities of lawyers · Gerpinnes · since 2005
  • CAD similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1998

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