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Compared with the KBO register · free

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.

“CITESILE”

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

3 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • CITESILE same name
    LUXEMBOURG · since 2010
  • CITESILE same name
    Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2010
  • MITESILE very similar
    Buying and selling of own real estate · Herselt · since 2006
Names that resemble it 7 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • Cites similar
    Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Dendermonde · since 2022
  • C.I.L.E. similar
    Abbreviation of Compagnie Intercommunale Liégeoise des Eaux · Winning, behandeling en distributie van water · Liège · since 1913
  • CITE similar
    Abbreviation of COOPERATION INTERDISCIPLINAIRE DE TECHNICIENS ET EXPERTS POUR UN DEVELOPPEMENT HUMAIN DE LA GESTION URBAINE ET DE L'AMELIORATION DE L'ENVIRONNEMENT · since 1996
  • CITE similar
    Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Maasmechelen · since 2018
  • CITE similar
    Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Mons · since 2011
  • Cité similar
    Urban planning and landscape architecture · Roeselare · since 2025
  • Sole trader similar
    Manufacture of imitation jewellery and related articles · since 2021

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