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Compared with the KBO register · free

Type the name you want to use. You see at once whether an active company already has the same or a similar name, and whether it works in your sector.

“Chicago Back”

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.

Same or very similar names

5 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • Chicago Back same name
    Brussel · since 2020
  • Sole trader very similar
    Operation of fairground attractions · since 1984
  • CHICAGO very similar
    Leuven · since 2012
  • CHICAGO very similar
    Other business support services · Sint-Truiden · since 2020
  • Chicago very similar
    Name of an establishment of E&A GROUP INVEST · Cafés and bars · Asse · since 2024
Names that resemble it 9 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • CHICAGO 45 similar
    Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Brussel · since 2013
  • CHICA similar
    Abbreviation of CHILDREN'S CARE RDC · Overige maatschappelijke dienstverlening zonder huisvesting voor ouderen of personen met een handicap · Aalst · since 2015
  • CHICA similar
    Full-service restaurants · Zonhoven · since 2004
  • Sole trader similar
    Installation of industrial machinery and equipment · since 2020
  • CHIC similar
    Technisch, beroeps- en buitengewoon secundair onderwijs, n.e.g. · Koksijde · since 2015
  • Sole trader similar
    Manufacture of jewellery · since 2016
  • Sole trader similar
    Hairdressing and barber services · since 2017
  • Sole trader similar
    Hairdressing and barber services · since 2013
  • CHIC similar
    Name of an establishment of KOESAN · Event catering · Aalst · since 2004

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. A name can be free in the register and still be protected as a trademark. Trademarks are searched in the 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.

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