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.
“CIHAT”
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
12 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Wholesale of other food products · Elsene · since 1995
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Abbreviation of Centre d'Initiatives Humanitaires et d'Assistance aux Orphelins · Anderlecht · since 2009
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Activities of holding companies · Peer · since 2024
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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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Abbreviation of BOREA · Business and other management consultancy · Lasne · since 1987
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Gent · since 1994
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Tournai · since 1999
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Vervaardiging van farmaceutische grondstoffen · Hasselt · since 2017
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Vermogensbeheer · Beringen · since 2007
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Plumbing work · since 2017
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Wholesale of electrical household appliances and audio-video equipment · since 2021
Names that resemble it 5 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of Centre pour l’Innovation en Handicap et Autonomie · Other social work without accommodation · Esneux · since 2024
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Coating of metals · Waasmunster · since 2022
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Abbreviation of Centre d'Informatique du Hainaut · Computer programming · Mons · since 1975
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Abbreviation of COMPAGNIE IMMOBILIERE D'HANNONSART · Etterbeek · since 1991
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Abbreviation of COMPAGNIE IMMOBILIERE DU HAINAUT · Chapelle-lez-Herlaimont · since 2008