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.
“CIRIL”
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.
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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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Development of residential building projects · Hasselt · since 1990
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Gent · since 2022
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Abbreviation of Compagnie Internationale de Relations,d'Investigations et de Documentation · Certified accountants and tax accountants · Etterbeek · since 1988
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Abbreviation of COSTRUZIONI IMPIANTI REPRESENTANZE INDUSTRIALI APALTI · Milano · since 1990
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Abbreviation of Advocatenkantoor CIRIC · Activities of lawyers · Oudergem · since 2021
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Abbreviation of Société Civile Piscicole de la Rulles · Arlon · since 1968
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Name of an establishment of CLEOPATRA · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Vorst · since 1990
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General construction of residential buildings · Geel · since 2018
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Pelt · since 1999
Names that resemble it 14 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Cafés and bars · Liège · since 2018
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Sawmilling and planing of wood · Heusden-Zolder · since 2011
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Abbreviation of Centre international de recherches et d'information sur l'économie publique, sociale et coopérative · Speur- en ontwikkelingswerk op het gebied van de maatschappij- en geesteswetenschappen · Liège · since 1961
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2021
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Wallpapering and laying of floor and wall coverings in other materials · Oupeye · since 2010
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Business and other management consultancy · Bierbeek · since 2006
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Abbreviation of Confédération Nationale du Secteur Immobilier et du Logement · Brussel · since 1965
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Abbreviation of Conseil interdiocésain des Laïcs · Brussel · since 1981
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Investigation and private security services · since 2023
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Full-service restaurants · since 2025
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Property management for co-owned buildings (syndics) · Mortsel · since 2025
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1989
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Abbreviation of Centre International de Relations et d'Informations · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 1956
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Gent · since 2002