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.
“CBN”
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
4 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Abbreviation of Cercle Bruxellois du Negoce · Brussel · since 1955
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Abbreviation of Centre La Bonne Nouvelle · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1963
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Abbreviation of CENTRE BELGE DE NEGOCE · Aywaille · since 1989
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Gent · since 2026
Names that resemble it 27 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of communauté chrétienne la bonne nouvelle · Brussel · since 2025
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Activities of notaries · Kortrijk · since 2022
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Activiteiten van industriële wasserijen · Verviers · since 2024
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Abbreviation of Association des Compagnons Bâtisseurs · Youth work associations · Marche-en-Famenne · since 1977
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Abbreviation of CROWN BURGER · Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Beringen · since 1984
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Ardooie · since 1988
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Abbreviation of CB SPORT · Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 1992
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Binche · since 1997
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La Roche-en-Ardenne · since 1998
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Abbreviation of Coyakin Boitsfort · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2015
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Vervaardiging van vuurvaste producten · since 2020
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Abbreviation of Chicago Back · Brussel · since 2020
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Abbreviation of Cattery Belgium · Heusden-Zolder · since 2021
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Activities of head offices · Westerlo · since 2021
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · since 2023
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Abbreviation of Chiropractic Belgium · Gistel · since 2023
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Abbreviation of Charlie Beheer · Oud-Turnhout · since 2023
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Abbreviation of CHARDON BENI · Ciney · since 2009
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Abbreviation of Comfort Building · Development of residential building projects · Maaseik · since 2011
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Abbreviation of CLEOPATRE BUILDING · Bricklaying and masonry work · Bernissart · since 2012
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Abbreviation of CAMPARI BENELUX · Wholesale of beverages, general range · Brussel · since 2006
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Name of an establishment of CBFixing · Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Gent · since 2024
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2025
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Office administrative and support services · since 2026
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Nazareth-De Pinte · since 1953
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Abbreviation of LA CLE DU BIEN-ETRE · Comines-Warneton · since 1986
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Construction of utility projects for electricity and telecommunications · Zele · since 2023