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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.

“Copy-Cad”

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

16 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • Copy-Cad same name
    Other printing · Erpe-Mere · since 2025
  • COPYCAT very similar
    Other printing · Kontich · since 1997
  • COPYCAT very similar
    Name of an establishment of COPYCAT MANAGEMENT · Other printing · Duffel · since 1998
  • Market research and public opinion polling · since 1996
  • C.A.D. very similar
    Abbreviation of Coordinatie Antwerpse Dierenbescherming · Antwerpen · since 1982
  • C.A.D. very similar
    General construction of residential buildings · Antwerpen · since 1988
  • C.A.D. very similar
    Abbreviation of Comité Africain pour le Développement · Brussel · since 1989
  • C.A.D. very similar
    Abbreviation of Comité africain pour le Développement - African Committee for Development - Comite Africano para el Desarollo - Comite Africano para o Desenvolvimento · Brussel · since 1990
  • C A D very similar
    Real estate agency activities · Aubange · since 1996
  • CAD very similar
    Abbreviation of The Cedar Hill II · Brussel · since 2013
  • CAD (sole trader) very similar
    Other education · since 2016
  • C.A.D very similar
    Abbreviation of COORDINATION DES ASSOCIATIONS DE DALABA · Etterbeek · since 2020
  • CAD (sole trader) very similar
    Computer programming · since 2011
  • CAD very similar
    Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Brugge · since 2005
  • C.A.D. very similar
    Abbreviation of Cabinet d'avocats Didier De Decker · Activities of lawyers · Gerpinnes · since 2005
  • CAD very similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1998
Names that resemble it 6 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • copycath similar
    Advertising agencies · Antwerpen · since 2019
  • Advertising agencies · since 2012
  • Advertising agencies · since 2016
  • Name of an establishment of GOOSSENS · Wholesale of information and communication equipment · Aalst · since 1985
  • COCAD similar
    Abbreviation of COLLECTIF CAROLO DES AFRICAIN.E.S POUR LA DIVERSITE · Charleroi · since 2015
  • Retail sale of bicycles · since 2016

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