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.
“CIOLA”
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
19 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Quévy · since 2008
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Sports and recreation education · since 2016
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Physiotherapy · since 1988
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Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 1989
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Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1995
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80121 Naples · since 2000
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Other education · Boom · since 2002
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2014
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Handelsbemiddeling in de groothandel in brandstoffen, ertsen, metalen en chemische producten · since 2021
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Other social work without accommodation · Wetteren · since 2017
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Literary creation · since 2017
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Retail sale of flowers, plants, seeds and fertilisers · since 2017
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Zele · since 2017
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Agents in the wholesale of furniture, household goods and hardware · since 2026
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Tattoo and piercing services · since 2011
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Specialist medical practice · Kraainem · since 2019
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2022
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Design of textile patterns, clothing, jewellery, furniture and decorative items · since 2005
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Name of an establishment of ARTOLA · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Ganshoren · since 2023
Names that resemble it 12 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of Cercle Initiatique Ostium Lucis · Ciney · since 2024
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Abbreviation of Centre international de Documentation(C.I.O.) Conseil de la Toison d'Or · Etterbeek · since 1971
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Abbreviation of CENTRUM VOOR INFORMATICAOPLEIDING · Retail sale of information and communication equipment · Antwerpen · since 1985
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Name of an establishment of CENTRAAL KANTOOR CIO · Other tax advisory services · Hamme (Vl.) · since 1992
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Design of textile patterns, clothing, jewellery, furniture and decorative items · Kontich · since 1998
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Holiday cottages, homes and apartments · Oostkamp · since 2026
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Insulation installation · since 2024
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Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · since 2016
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since 2019
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Insulation installation · since 2023
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since 2023
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Advertising agencies · since 2013