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.
“CIVANA”
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
12 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Event catering · Hoogstraten · since 2004
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Business and other management consultancy · Oostrozebeke · since 2025
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Physiotherapy · since 2022
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Wired, wireless and satellite telecommunications · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2005
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Wholesale of other food products · Lokeren · since 1968
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Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2000
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Other business support services · Grimbergen · since 2014
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Business and other management consultancy · Leuven · since 2021
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2003
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Other business support services · Antwerpen · since 2006
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · since 2024
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Advertising agencies · since 2026
Names that resemble it 14 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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since 1989
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Varkensvetmesterijen · Waregem · since 1982
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Gent · since 2009
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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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Sports and recreation education · since 2019
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2016
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Households as employers of domestic personnel · since 2010
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · since 2025
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Pet care services, excluding veterinary services · since 2024
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Other legal services · since 2025
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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 Compagnie Italienne de Vins et Produits Alimentaires de San Benedetto del Tronto · Mons · since 1964
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Retail sale of footwear · Binche · since 1986