Is your company name already in the register?

Compared with the KBO register · free

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.

“CIGBA”

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.

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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

4 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

CIGBA same name

Retail sale of electrical household appliances · Ukkel · since 2025
CIGABA very similar

Buying and selling of own real estate · Beersel · since 2017
CIGMA very similar

Activities of holding companies · Deinze · since 2016
CIRBA very similar

Wholesale of pharmaceutical and medical goods · Elsene · since 2005

Names that resemble it 7 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.

C.I.G.B. similar

Abbreviation of Christelijke Integrale Gezondheids- en Bejaardenzorg · Activiteiten van psychiatrische ziekenhuizen · Menen · since 1974
C.I.G. similar

Abbreviation of La Construction Industrialisée-Geindustrialiseerd Gebouw · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 1967
C.I.G. similar

Abbreviation of CLAES IMMO GROUP · Houthalen-Helchteren · since 2022
CIG similar

Abbreviation of Cools Investment Group · Activities of holding companies · Herk-de-Stad · since 2010
C.I.G. similar

Abbreviation of COMPTOIR IMMOBILIER GUISSET · Waterloo · since 2011
C.I.G. similarin bankruptcy or liquidation

Development of residential building projects · Brasschaat · since 1978
CIG similarin bankruptcy or liquidation

Abbreviation of Cooperative Invest Group · since 2016

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