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Name check

Compared with the KBO register · free

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.

“CORTERIS”

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

1 registered enterprise with a name easily confused with yours.

  • CORTERIS same name
    Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2026
Names that resemble it 13 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • CORTEC similar
    Ukkel · since 1986
  • CORTEN similar
    Retail sale of automotive fuel · Lille · since 1990
  • Cortes similar
    Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Merchtem · since 1990
  • CORTEX similar
    Computer programming · Lochristi · since 1994
  • CORTEL similar
    Retail sale of information and communication equipment · Braine-l'Alleud · since 2000
  • CORTEX similar
    Abbreviation of Coopérative d'impression textile · Finishing of textiles · Liège · since 2022
  • Cortex similar
    Activities of holding companies · Hasselt · since 2022
  • CORTEX similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Manage · since 2012
  • CORTEX similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Dalhem · since 2004
  • CORTEK similar
    Combined facilities support activities · Aalter · since 2025
  • CORCRIS similar
    Other tax advisory services · Brasschaat · since 1994
  • Business and other management consultancy · since 2026
  • CORTECS similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 1996

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