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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.

“CFDA”

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.

  • CFDA same name
    Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2020
Names that resemble it 13 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • C-F-D similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 1987
  • C.F.D. similar
    Abbreviation of Carrefour des Femmes pour le Développement · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 1997
  • CFD similar
    Other construction installation · HULST · since 2000
  • CFD similar
    General construction of residential buildings · Erquelinnes · since 2019
  • CF DANCE similar
    Sports and recreation education · Liège · since 2023
  • C.F.D.P. similar
    Abbreviation of Royale Congrégation folklorique des Djoyeûs Pign'teûs · Stavelot · since 1975
  • CFDV similar
    Abbreviation of COMPAGNIE FINANCIERE DE VOLTERRA · Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Elsene · since 1999
  • C.F.D.C. similar
    Abbreviation of BLUE ISLAND · Anderlecht · since 2002
  • CFdN similar
    Luxemburg · since 2021
  • CFdC similar
    Retail sale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, excluding motor fuels · Antwerpen · since 2005
  • CFdR similar
    Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Antwerpen · since 2025
  • BCFDA similar
    Full-service restaurants · Etterbeek · since 2017
  • C.F.D. similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Abbreviation of Commerciale des Fonderies et Dérivés · Liège · since 1972

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