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.
“CIPI”
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
2 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Abbreviation of COMMERCE INTERNATIONAL ET PROMOTION IMMOBILIERE · Bastogne · since 1985
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Full-service restaurants · Leuven · since 1993
Names that resemble it 30 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Pre-press and pre-media services · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 2004
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Abbreviation of Centrale Interprovinciale de la Cheville · Brussel · since 1944
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Abbreviation of Consulting for Integration of Planers · Business and other management consultancy · Harelbeke · since 1988
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Vervaardiging van producten van vlees of van vlees van gevogelte · Nivelles · since 1999
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Abbreviation of CONCEPT IMMO PARTNERS · Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Liège · since 2002
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Abbreviation of Comité internacional Peruano · Elsene · since 2013
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Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2020
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Abbreviation of COMPAGNIE IMMOBILIERE DU PAYSAGE · Landscape service activities · Les Bons Villers · since 2007
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Turnhout · since 1991
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2014
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Name of an establishment of CIPIACE ANTWERP · Full-service restaurants · Brussel · since 2017
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Abbreviation of Centre indépendant de Promotion fourragère - Onafhankelijk Groenvoeder Centrum · Activities of business and employers' organisations · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 1959
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Abbreviation of Centre International de Phonetique Appliquee · Vocational training · Mons · since 1965
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Abbreviation of CENTRE D'INFORMATION ET DE PROGRAMMATION BOURSIERE · Vorst · since 1984
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Abbreviation of Club liégeois des Pêcheurs à la Mouche · Liège · since 1996
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Cafés and bars · Ans · since 2016
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 2023
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Abbreviation of COMPAGNIE IMMOBILIERE EN PRINCIPAUTE DE LIEGE · Blégny · since 2011
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Oud-Heverlee · since 2008
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Activities of holding companies · Elsene · since 2026
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Wijnegem · since 2026
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Abbreviation of Union des Conseils d'Industrie en Propriete Industrielle · Brussel · since 1963
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Name of an establishment of Stad Sint-Niklaas · Gemeentelijke overheid, met uitzondering van het OCMW · Sint-Niklaas · since 1968
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Liège · since 1989
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Abbreviation of Centre International de Publicité · Etterbeek · since 1966
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Abbreviation of COOPERATIVE D'INFORMATION PROGRESSISTE · Brussel · since 1975
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Liège · since 1991
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Abbreviation of Centre d'Information sur les Pratiques Associatives · Brussel · since 1983
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Abbreviation of Centre d'information de Presse francophone · Oudergem · since 1991
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Name of an establishment of LAMMY · Cafés and bars · since 2002