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.
“CIVAN”
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
23 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Business and other management consultancy · Oostrozebeke · since 2025
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Event catering · Hoogstraten · since 2004
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Varkensvetmesterijen · Waregem · since 1982
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Arlon · since 2001
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Vermogensbeheer · Schilde · since 2019
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Agents in the wholesale of timber and building materials · Brasschaat · since 2009
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since 2011
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · since 2026
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Destelbergen · since 1977
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Elsene · since 1987
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Oostende · since 1993
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Groothandel in hijs-, hef- en transportwerktuigen · Herent · since 1994
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Office administrative and support services · De Panne · since 2002
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Roofing work · Zonnebeke · since 2002
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Dilsen-Stokkem · since 2003
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Veurne · since 2013
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Abbreviation of DOCTEUR MICHEL VANDENHEEDE - MIVAN · Vocational training · Juprelle · since 2014
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Support activities for crop production · Pepingen · since 2009
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Activities of holding companies · Waasmunster · since 2010
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Full-service restaurants · Mechelen · since 2011
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Property management for co-owned buildings (syndics) · Kruisem · since 2012
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Abbreviation of Compagnie Italienne de Vins et Produits Alimentaires de San Benedetto del Tronto · Mons · since 1964
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Hasselt · since 2003
Names that resemble it 18 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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since 1990
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Gent · since 2009
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Abbreviation of CIVASS.SCS · Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Vorst · since 2012
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Leuven · since 2006
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Drogenbos · since 1968
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Non-specialised wholesale trade · Temse · since 1994
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Other research and development on natural sciences · Ciney · since 2023
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Vervaardiging van groente- en fruitsappen · Habay · since 2010
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Computer programming · Namur · since 2003
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Agents in the wholesale of textiles, clothing, fur, footwear and leather goods · Koksijde · since 2003
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2021
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Abbreviation of VLEESWARENFABRIEK IVAN · Buying and selling of own real estate · Kortrijk · since 1989
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Full-service restaurants · Sint-Niklaas · since 2020
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Business and other management consultancy · Mortsel · since 2022
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Retail sale of other household articles · Kortrijk · since 1986
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Lichtervelde · since 2017
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Abbreviation of Deracom · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 1970
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2019