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.
“CHIDA”
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
14 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Full-service restaurants · Leuven · since 1997
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Temse · since 2003
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Wichelen · since 1987
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Brussel · since 1988
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since 1992
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Full-service restaurants · Brugge · since 1994
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Abbreviation of CHILDREN'S CARE RDC · Overige maatschappelijke dienstverlening zonder huisvesting voor ouderen of personen met een handicap · Aalst · since 2015
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Activities of head offices · Leuven · since 2018
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Name of an establishment · Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Agatha-Berchem · since 2019
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Abbreviation · Retail sale of souvenirs and religious articles · Trois-Ponts · since 2021
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Name of an establishment · Activities of holding companies · Aalter · since 2012
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Name of an establishment · Full-service restaurants · Zonhoven · since 2004
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Name of an establishment of China Europe International Design Culture Association · Other non-specialised retail sale · Antwerpen · since 2024
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Kortrijk · since 1994
Names that resemble it 12 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Charleroi · since 2016
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Detailhandel in baby- en kinderbovenkleding · Wervik · since 1999
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 1997
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Abbreviation of CYCLING HOUSE IZEGEM · Overige accommodatie · Izegem · since 2010
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Abbreviation of Cédric Hèle instituut, Vlaams instituut voor psychosociale oncologie · Verenigingen en bewegingen voor volwassenen · Mechelen · since 2004
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Abbreviation of INSTITUT CLEMENS HELLER · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2024
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Other personal services · since 2024
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Name of an establishment of COGNITIVE HEURISTIC IDEATION · Business and other management consultancy · Lokeren · since 2025
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since 2023
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Detailhandel in onderkleding, lingerie en strand- en badkleding · Turnhout · since 2012
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Real estate agency activities · Damme · since 2015
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Non-scheduled passenger transport by road · Brussel · since 2006