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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.

“Kitros”

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

5 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • Kitros same name
    Elsene · since 1968
  • KITOS very similar
    Wholesale of machine tools · Beringen · since 1988
  • KITOS very similar
    Vrij gesubsidieerd gewoon technisch en beroepssecundair onderwijs · Mechelen · since 2002
  • MITROS very similar
    General construction of residential buildings · Machelen (Brab.) · since 2015
  • Citros very similar
    Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Sint-Martens-Latem · since 2009
Names that resemble it 3 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • KITRY similar
    Computer programming · Nivelles · since 2008
  • KITRYE similar
    Name of an establishment of HUYSECOM · Retail sale of footwear · Etterbeek · since 1986
  • TROS similar
    Abbreviation of Toneelgroep Tros Druivenstreek · Overijse · since 1980

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