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.
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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 CONTINENTAL INVESTMENT AND BUILDING ASSOCIATION · Wholesale of clothing, excluding workwear and underwear · Brasschaat · since 1987
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Abbreviation of CENTRE INTERCULTUREL BELGO-AFRICAIN · Elsene · since 2014
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Vermogensbeheer · Lummen · since 2022
Names that resemble it 40 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of Dynelec · Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 1951
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Abbreviation of Centre National du Bâtiment et des Travaux belge · Brussel · since 1956
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Abbreviation of Constructions industrielles de Bâtiments · Metz · since 1979
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Business and other management consultancy · Heusden-Zolder · since 2025
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Abbreviation of SOCOTEC BELGIUM · Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Liège · since 1966
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Abbreviation of COMPAGNIE INTERNATIONALE DES BOIS · Wholesale of timber · Malle · since 1985
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Name of an establishment of S & S GERIMAR · Development of residential building projects · Aalst · since 1990
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Abbreviation of CONCORDE INTERNATIONAL BELGIUM · Translation services · Lasne · since 1994
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Abbreviation of Communauté ivoirienne au Bénelux · Brussel · since 1995
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Abbreviation of Groupement fédéral des Associations régionales du Commerce et Commercants Itinérants établis en Belgique · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1996
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Name of an establishment of CONTROLE INDUSTRIEL BELGE - BELGISCHE INDUSTRIELE CONTROLE · Business and other management consultancy · Liège · since 1998
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Abbreviation of CONSTRUCT IMMO BELGIUM · Schaarbeek · since 2017
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Abbreviation of Coach in business · Certified accountants and tax accountants · La Bruyère · since 2019
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Abbreviation of Collège Intermutualiste Bruxellois · Brussel · since 2022
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Abbreviation of Centre international bethsaîda · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 2009
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Abbreviation of CAR INVESTMENT BELGIUM · Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Bree · since 2012
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Abbreviation of Culturen in beweging · Hechtel-Eksel · since 1990
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Other financial services · since 1991
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General construction of residential buildings · Frameries · since 2008
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Abbreviation of Cultuur in Beweging · Herselt · since 2025
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Abbreviation of Comité International Belluviens · Dinant · since 2025
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Abbreviation of Cercle Italo-Belge · Cafés and bars · Namur · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of GUSTO COMMUNICATIONS · Event catering · Brussel · since 2007
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Vervaardiging van schuurmiddelen · Haacht · since 1948
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Abbreviation of Community of Intersectoral Benelux Healthcare · Market research and public opinion polling · Genappe · since 1969
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Manufacture of dining room, living room, bedroom and bathroom furniture · Pittem · since 1977
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Abbreviation of CENTRE D'IMPREGNATION DES BOIS DE BELGIQUE · Sawmilling and planing of wood · Vielsalm · since 1990
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Abbreviation of ITINERAIRE WALLONIE · Plombières · since 1995
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Abbreviation of COMPAGNIE IMMOBILIERE DU BRABANT WALLON · Beauvechain · since 2002
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Trade name of LUX - IMMO - CONTAINERS S.A. · Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Luxembourg · since 2002
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Abbreviation of CABINET INFIRMIER BEUSERIE SEBASTIEN · Florennes · since 2014
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Abbreviation of Chemie in Bouw · Other technical testing and analysis · Jabbeke · since 2018
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Abbreviation of CONFEDERATION INTERNATIONALE DE LA BOUCHERIE ET DE LA CHARCUTERIE · Brussel · since 2021
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Other business support services · Chaudfontaine · since 2021
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Full-service restaurants · Grâce-Hollogne · since 2021
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Abbreviation of CONFEDERATION INTERNATIONALE DES BETTERAVIERS EUROPEENS · Public relations and communication consultancy · Brussel · since 2008
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Abbreviation of COMMUNAUTÉ ISLAMIQUE DES BOSNIAQUES EN BELGIQUE · Liège · since 2023
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Freight transport by road · Hulshout · since 2010
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Abbreviation of Cloth Import Belux · Etterbeek · since 1963
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Abbreviation of COMPAGNIE INDUSTRIELLE BELGE DE NETTOYAGE · Schaarbeek · since 1977