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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.

“CREFIUS”

An active company already has this name

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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

1 registered enterprise with a name easily confused with yours.

  • CREFIUS same name
    Overige activiteiten van geldscheppende financiële instellingen · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 1911
Names that resemble it 19 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • CreFin similar
    Public relations and communication consultancy · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 2010
  • CREFINA similar
    Other financial services · Peer · since 2013
  • Crefido similar
    Certified accountants and tax accountants · Heusden-Zolder · since 2015
  • CREFIMO similar
    Service activities incidental to land transportation · Genk · since 2010
  • CREF similar
    Abbreviation of CENTRE D'ENTRAINEMENT ET DE FORMATION DE HAUT NIVEAU EN FOOTBALL DE LA REGION WALLONNE · Verhuur en exploitatie van terreinen · Blégny · since 2002
  • CREF similar
    Abbreviation of CAESAR REAL ESTATE FUND · Business and other management consultancy · Herent · since 2006
  • Creficom similar
    Herve · since 1973
  • CREFINAM similar
    Eghezée · since 1992
  • CREFILUX similar
    Luxembourg · since 2018
  • CREFINET similar
    Agents and brokers in banking services · Saint-Ghislain · since 2006
  • Cressius similar
    Risk and damage evaluation · Hasselt · since 2007
  • C'RIUS similar
    Computer programming · Dendermonde · since 2001
  • Crius similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Beringen · since 2014
  • CREUS similar
    Retail sale of automotive fuel · Stabroek · since 2018
  • Hairdressing and barber services · since 2020
  • Creus similar
    Abbreviation of Creus Concrete Solutions · Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Poperinge · since 2010
  • CRIUS similar
    Computer programming · Sint-Niklaas · since 2011
  • FIUS similar
    Activities of lawyers · Vorst · since 2020
  • C.R.E.F.I. similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Abbreviation of Société de Financement et de Crédit · Brussel · since 1958

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