Name check
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.
“CADICS”
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
7 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Retail sale of chocolate and confectionery · Hoegaarden · since 1993
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Abbreviation of Centre Africain pour le Développement Industriel et Commercial · Brussel · since 2007
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Other tax advisory services · Genk · since 1986
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Abbreviation of CASA DECOR · Painting of buildings · Etterbeek · since 1990
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Retail sale of chocolate and confectionery · Lebbeke · since 2013
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Agents in the wholesale of industrial machinery, ships and aircraft · Kontich · since 1996
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Painting of buildings · Geel · since 1990
Names that resemble it 23 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Châtelet · since 1988
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Vermogensbeheer · Knokke-Heist · since 1990
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Maarkedal · since 1992
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Business and other management consultancy · Hulshout · since 2014
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Vermogensbeheer · Kluisbergen · since 2011
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Verenigingen op het vlak van ontwikkelingssamenwerking · Lebbeke · since 2023
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Nursing and midwifery · Antwerpen · since 2013
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Business and other management consultancy · Hoeilaart · since 2019
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Guest rooms (bed and breakfast) · Aalter · since 1973
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Repair and maintenance of fabricated metal products · Laakdal · since 1984
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Business and other management consultancy · Knokke-Heist · since 1992
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 1998
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Business and other management consultancy · Berlaar · since 2023
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Vervaardiging van bereide maaltijden en schotels · since 2001
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Antwerpen · since 2016
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Mechelen · since 2016
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 2020
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Business and other management consultancy · Putte · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Truiden · since 2023
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Hairdressing and barber services · Verviers · since 2003
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Abbreviation of COMPUTER ASSISTENCE DIRECT INFORMATIC RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING · Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Nivelles · since 2004
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Postdiensten in het kader van de universele dienstverplichting · Binche · since 2023
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since 2019