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.
“CBTI”
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
3 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Abbreviation of Belgische Kamer van Vertalers en Tolken · Other publishing activities, excluding software publishing · Brussel · since 1955
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Groothandel in machines, werktuigen en toebehoren voor de landbouw · Hannut · since 2013
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Wholesale of machine tools · Hannut · since 2018
Names that resemble it 12 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of Comptoir Belge de Télécommunications · Vervaardiging van communicatieapparatuur · Anderlecht · since 1992
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Abbreviation of Cahuita Beach Tree · Activities of holding companies · Deinze · since 2018
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Abbreviation of Cross Biathlon Tournai · Tournai · since 2022
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General electrical installation work · Beringen · since 2011
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Overige vrachtbehandeling, exclusief in zeehavens · Antwerpen · since 1992
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Abbreviation of CENTRUM VOOR BEGELEIDING EN THERAPIE VOOR ADOLESCENTEN · Oostende · since 1998
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Abbreviation of CB TRANSPORT CONSULTANCY · Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2000
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Comines-Warneton · since 2013
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2008
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Abbreviation of Collaboration Betters The World · Other information technology and computer services · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2008
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Abbreviation of COMMERS BUSINESS TRANSFORMATION & STRATEGY · Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Waregem · since 2025
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Roeselare · since 2010