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.
“CIACO”
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
13 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Other printing · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 1970
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Business and other management consultancy · Oosterzele · since 2007
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Sawmilling and planing of wood · Anderlecht · since 1993
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Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 1997
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Brasschaat · since 2015
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Activities of holding companies · Oud-Turnhout · since 2019
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Detailhandel in baby- en kinderbovenkleding · Knokke-Heist · since 2019
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Business and other management consultancy · Lendelede · since 2020
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Support activities for crop production · since 2004
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Business and other management consultancy · Herve · since 2024
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Other business support services · Beringen · since 2025
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Business and other management consultancy · Oostrozebeke · since 2025
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2005
Names that resemble it 17 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of VEDIS · Activities of head offices · Gent · since 1923
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Abbreviation of CENTRE D'INTERVENTION POUR ADOLESCENTS EN CRISE · since 1986
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Abbreviation of CENTRE D'INFORMATION ET D'APPRENSTISSAGE DE CULTURE D'AFRIQUE SUBSAHARIENNE · since 2003
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Abbreviation of POP FACTORY · Vervaardiging van andere artikelen van papier of karton · Nivelles · since 1952
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Abbreviation of Coopérative d'Information et d'Action · Elsene · since 1975
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Brussel · since 1985
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Abbreviation of CENTRE D'INFORMATIQUE APPLIQUEE · Retail sale of information and communication equipment · Ath · since 1986
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Abbreviation of COMPAGNIE INTERNATIONALE D'AQUARIOPHILIE D'AGENCEMENT ET D'AGREMENT · Retail sale of pets, pet food and pet supplies · Brussel · since 1990
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Abbreviation of Carrefour interculturel Africain de Belgique · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1999
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Abbreviation of CONSULTANCE INGENIERIE AUDIT · Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Jodoigne · since 2001
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Abbreviation of CLERENS INVESTIGATIONS AUTOMOTIVE · Risk and damage evaluation · Soignies · since 2022
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Merksplas · since 1990
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Renting and leasing of other personal and household goods · Zwevegem · since 2018
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Other specialised construction activities · Brussel · since 2022
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Abbreviation of Compagnie Industrielle des Abrasifs · Vervaardiging van schuurmiddelen · Asse · since 1937
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Abbreviation of Commerce Industrie-Agriculture · Huy · since 1953
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Abbreviation of Compagnie Immobiliére Annaube · Charleroi · since 1993