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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.

“CLIPL”

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  • 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

9 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • CLIPL same name
    Office administrative and support services · Gistel · since 2025
  • CLIPS very similar
    Other non-specialised retail sale · Asse · since 1982
  • C.L.I.P.E. very similar
    Abbreviation of Centre de location dans l'immobilier pour étudiants · since 1991
  • CLIPP very similar
    Computer programming · Gent · since 2003
  • CLIPA very similar
    Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2014
  • Sole trader very similar
    Hairdressing and barber services · since 2016
  • Clips very similar
    Abbreviation of Clips by sara trossaert · Hairdressing and barber services · Gavere · since 2022
  • CLIPS very similar
    Vervaardiging van andere producten van kunststof · Lontzen · since 2006
  • C.L.I.P.S. very similar
    Psychology services · Tessenderlo-Ham · since 2007
Names that resemble it 20 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • CLIP similar
    Abbreviation of COMPTOIR LIEGEOIS D'INSTALLATIONS PROFESSIONNELLS · Retail sale of information and communication equipment · Esneux · since 1988
  • C.L.I.P. similar
    Abbreviation of Cours de Langue intensifs à Paris · Activiteiten van reisorganisatoren · Leuven · since 1990
  • Sole trader similar
    Detailhandel in breigarens, handwerken en fournituren · since 1985
  • CLIP similar
    Aquacultuur in zoet water · Cerfontaine · since 2013
  • CLIP similar
    Diepenbeek · since 2011
  • CLIP similar
    Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Nieuwpoort · since 2020
  • C.L.I.P. similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Elsene · since 2008
  • CLIP LEGAL similar
    Activities of lawyers · Mont-Saint-Guibert · since 2021
  • CLIPEX similar
    Dilbeek · since 1975
  • CLIPEA similar
    Brussel · since 2017
  • Sole trader similar
    Photography, excluding press photography · since 2023
  • CLIPAN similar
    Full-service restaurants · Kalmthout · since 2005
  • C.L.I. similar
    Abbreviation of Centre de Loisirs et d'Information · Exploitatie van culturele centra en multifunctionele zalen ten behoeve van culturele activiteiten · Ittre · since 1974
  • C.L.I. similar
    Abbreviation of CONTROL LANGUAGES FOR THE INDUSTRY · Repair and maintenance of machinery · Hamme (Vl.) · since 2003
  • CLIPPER similar
    Travel agency activities · Leuven · since 1994
  • Clipeum similar
    Computer programming · Ranst · since 2017
  • Sole trader similar
    Other professional, scientific and technical activities · since 2019
  • Clipido similar
    Computer programming · Hasselt · since 2023
  • CLIP NET similar
    General cleaning of buildings · Elsene · since 2011
  • C.L.I. similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Brussel · since 1992

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