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.
“CRIDOU”
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
7 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Hastière · since 2017
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Vermogensbeheer · Haaltert · since 2024
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Charleroi · since 2010
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Groothandel in ijzerwaren · Tournai · since 1948
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Charleroi · since 2016
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Manufacture of outerwear · since 2014
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Visual arts creation · since 2026
Names that resemble it 7 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Tielt · since 1992
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Ukkel · since 2008
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Abbreviation of Centre de Recherche et d'information pour le Désarmement et la Sécurité · Charleroi · since 2021
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Paris · since 1968
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Abbreviation of Centre de Recherches et d'Informations pour un Développement alternatif · Brussel · since 1983
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Elsene · since 1998
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Abbreviation of Centre de Recherche et d'Intervention sur les Dynamiques institutionnelles et sociales · Schaarbeek · since 1975