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.
“CIKAL”
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
9 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Activities of holding companies · Rijkevorsel · since 2022
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Geel · since 1979
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Abbreviation of Centre d'Information et de Documentation sur l'Amérique latine · Leuven · since 1977
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Pig breeding farms · Pittem · since 1990
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Computer programming · Geel · since 1990
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Lier · since 2001
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Other specialised construction activities · since 2018
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General electrical installation work · Harelbeke · since 2022
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Schaarbeek · since 1991
Names that resemble it 2 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of Caisse Interprofessionnelle de Dépôts et de Virements de Titres - Interprofessionele Effectendeposito- en Girokas · Other financial services · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 1968
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Cafés and bars · Liège · since 2023