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.
“CIRIMEX”
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
5 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1989
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Antwerpen · since 1985
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Waterloo · since 1987
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Lubbeek · since 2018
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Vermogensbeheer · Hoogstraten · since 2008
Names that resemble it 13 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of Continental Import and Export Corporation · Wholesale of machine tools · Antwerpen · since 1982
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Abbreviation of Centre d'inspection, de Médiation et d'Expertise · Risk and damage evaluation · Chaudfontaine · since 1993
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Risk and damage evaluation · since 1985
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Antwerpen · since 1995
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Brussel · since 1956
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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 Centre for IT Management Research, Education and Exchange · Vocational training · Ukkel · since 1990
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Development of residential building projects · Hasselt · since 1990
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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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Buying and selling of own real estate · Gent · since 2022
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Other business support services · Mol · since 2022
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Abbreviation of Centre International de Relations et d'Informations · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 1956