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.
“CHAFA”
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 newspapers and periodicals · Verviers · since 2003
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Activities of bailiffs · Manhay · since 2019
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Retail sale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, excluding motor fuels · Schaarbeek · since 2013
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Activities of holding companies · Beveren · since 2016
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Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · since 2002
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Abbreviation of Chantiers d'Afrique · Detailhandel in boeken · Vorst · since 1996
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Abbreviation of CHANTIERS D'AFRIQUE(BELGIQUE · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 2001
Names that resemble it 20 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of COURT-SAINT-ETIENNE, HISTOIRE, ARCHEOLOGIE ET FOLKLORE - CHAF · Court-Saint-Etienne · since 1998
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Abbreviation of Coopérative Comptable Humaine Administrative et Financière · Certified accountants and tax accountants · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2022
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Abbreviation of Cercle d'Histoire et d'Archéologie de Fontaine-l'Evêque · Fontaine-l'Evêque · since 2008
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2024
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Hairdressing and barber services · Kortrijk · since 2016
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Name of an establishment of FLOVIER · Full-service restaurants · Lochristi · since 2020
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General construction of residential buildings · Bastogne · since 2022
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Retail sale of pharmaceutical products · Dendermonde · since 2010
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Abbreviation of LA CHEMINEE D'HIER ET D'AUJOURD'HUI · Oudergem · since 1972
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Abbreviation of Centre hippique de l'Abbaye · Hélécine · since 1988
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Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 2025
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Other personal services · since 2018
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Wholesale of other food products · since 2026
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Turnhout · since 1990
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Asse · since 1995
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Activities of notaries · Schaarbeek · since 2019
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Agents in the wholesale of timber and building materials · Zemst · since 2018
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Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2011
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Wholesale of pharmaceutical and medical goods · since 2017
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Industriële vervaardiging van brood en van vers banketbakkerswerk · Etterbeek · since 1991