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.
“CAFIC”
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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Herstal · since 1997
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Abbreviation of Cabinet d'Analyses financières, informatiques et comptables · Verviers · since 1981
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Activities of holding companies · Schoten · since 2016
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Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · Esneux · since 2021
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Name of an establishment of CONSEIL EUROPEEN DE L'INDUSTRIE CHIMIQUE - EUROPEAN CHEMICAL INDUSTRY COUNCIL · Market research and public opinion polling · Etterbeek · since 1973
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Abbreviation of Centre Africain pour le Développement Industriel et Commercial · Brussel · since 2007
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Name of an establishment · Other financial services · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2025
Names that resemble it 19 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Activities of holding companies · Tienen · since 2013
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Tienen · since 2022
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Berlaar · since 2007
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Geel · since 2024
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Business and other management consultancy · Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 2026
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Business and other management consultancy · Rumst · since 2026
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Abbreviation of Cercle athlétique de la Famenne · Marche-en-Famenne · since 1990
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Abbreviation of Centre André Focant · Instellingen met huisvesting voor volwassenen met een mentale handicap · Sivry-Rance · since 1996
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Abbreviation of CENTRE ANDERLECHTOIS DE FORMATION · Alfabetiseringsprogramma's ten behoeve van volwassenen · Anderlecht · since 1998
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Abbreviation of CHILDREN ARE THE FUTURE · Elsene · since 2001
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Activities of holding companies · Dentergem · since 2017
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Abbreviation of Cartouche Air Force · Vlieg- en vaaronderricht · Antwerpen · since 2019
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Abbreviation of COMPAGNIE DES ARCHERS FLERONNAIS · Fléron · since 2008
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Abbreviation of CUREGHEM AU FEMININ · Anderlecht · since 2009
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Real estate agency activities · Antwerpen · since 2012
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Abbreviation of CHARITIES AID FUNDATION EUROPE · KENT UNITED KINGDOM · since 1996
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Business and other management consultancy · Nieuwerkerken (Limb.) · since 2014
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2019
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Abbreviation of Cabinet Fiscal et Comptable · Schaarbeek · since 1949