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.
“CINAB”
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
10 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Other software publishing · Hasselt · since 2006
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Abbreviation of Cine Amateurs Kontich · Kontich · since 1948
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Wholesale of clothing, excluding workwear and underwear · Durbuy · since 1991
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Ukkel · since 1991
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2015
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Gent · since 2004
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Cafés and bars · Gent · since 2006
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Name of an establishment of KAYRA · Cafés and bars · Maasmechelen · since 2007
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Abbreviation of city management belgium · Property management for co-owned buildings (syndics) · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2006
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Schaarbeek · since 1991
Names that resemble it 21 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Londerzeel · since 2025
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Cultural education · Lint · since 2019
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Computer programming · Gent · since 2025
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Abbreviation of COMPAGNIE INTERNATIONALE DE NEGOCE · Demolition · Namur · since 1983
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Abbreviation of cultural innovators network · since 2015
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Abbreviation of Consultant Immobilier Notarial · Real estate appraisal on a fee or contract basis · Braine-le-Comte · since 2016
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Abbreviation of Civic innovation network · Verenigingen op het vlak van milieu en mobiliteit · Schaarbeek · since 2017
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Wholesale of other food products · Haaltert · since 2018
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Abbreviation of Nationaal Intermutualistisch College · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 1970
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Hairdressing and barber services · Antwerpen · since 2004
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Vorst · since 2015
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Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · Brussel · since 2016
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Abbreviation of COMPAGNIE IMMOBILIERE NAMUR LUXEMBOURG · Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Namur · since 2019
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Reproductie van opgenomen media · Liège · since 2022
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Veterinary services · Hamois · since 2023
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General medical practice · Tournai · since 2005
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Full-service restaurants · Elsene · since 2017
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Retail sale of household furniture · since 1999
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Non-specialised wholesale trade · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 1995
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Abbreviation of COMPAGNIE INDUSTRIELLE DE NETTOYAGE · Brussel · since 1977
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Activiteiten van verpakkingsbedrijven · Brussel · since 1999