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.
“CTF 2000”
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
10 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Vervaardiging van andere chemische producten, n.e.g. · Zele · since 2000
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Wholesale of industrial chemicals · Zele · since 2018
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Abbreviation of Cercle de Tir fontainois · Fontaine-l'Evêque · since 1981
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Abbreviation of Cercle de Tir de la Famenne · Marche-en-Famenne · since 1982
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2020
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Maasmechelen · since 2022
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Tessenderlo-Ham · since 1982
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Malmedy · since 1986
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Activities of holding companies · Bornem · since 2022
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Abbreviation of CONSTRUCTION TOUR ET FINITION · Joinery installation · Schaarbeek · since 1999
Names that resemble it 1 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of Action laïque F 2000 · Brussel · since 1976