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.
“CIRO”
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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Abbreviation of Centrum voor Informatica, Research en Ontwikkeling · Other software publishing · Lochristi · since 1985
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Abbreviation of COÖPERATIEVE IRRIGATIE RUILVERKAVELING OPHOVEN · Winning, behandeling en distributie van water · Kinrooi · since 1990
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Cafés and bars · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2003
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Activities of holding companies · Wezembeek-Oppem · since 2022
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Tielt · since 2023
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Abbreviation of New Ciro's · Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2009
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Name of Bizar-Blues · Hasselt · since 1989
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since 1985
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Wholesale of electrical household appliances and audio-video equipment · Geraardsbergen · since 2021
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Tyre services · since 2025
Names that resemble it 15 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Mixed farming · Stabroek · since 2019
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Abbreviation of COORDINATION ET INITIATIVES POUR ET AVEC LES REFUGIES ET ETRANGERS · Algemeen welzijnswerk zonder huisvesting · Elsene · since 1953
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Abbreviation of COMPTABILITE INFORMATIQUE ET RELATION PUBLIQUES · Business and other management consultancy · Ukkel · since 1989
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Abbreviation of Expertise- en beheerskantoor Cire · Roeselare · since 1999
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Gent · since 2001
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Name of an establishment of CLYBOUW INDUSTRIAL REAL ESTATE · Development of residential building projects · Nazareth-De Pinte · since 2017
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Development of residential building projects · Laarne · since 2017
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Activities of head offices · Knokke-Heist · since 2022
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Abbreviation of Chocolate is Rock 'n' Roll · Literary creation · Brugge · since 2023
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Abbreviation of Cercle d'Information et de Réflexion sur l'Animation · Elsene · since 2009
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Manufacture of ceramic household and ornamental articles · since 2024
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Chiny · since 1998
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Abbreviation of Centre International de Relations et d'Informations · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 1956
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Grez-Doiceau · since 1981
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Abbreviation of CENTRUM VOOR INTEGRALE RELAXATIETHERAPIE · Tervuren · since 1998