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.
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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
20 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Abbreviation of Cabinet d'Expertises médicales · Risk and damage evaluation · Liège · since 1984
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Brussel · since 1988
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Abbreviation of CARDON EUROPEAN MARKETING · Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 1989
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Abbreviation of COOPERATIVE EUROPEENNE MEDICALE · Mouscron · since 1990
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Antwerpen · since 1994
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Farciennes · since 1999
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Abbreviation of COEUR EN MARCHE · Other membership organisations · Marche-en-Famenne · since 2000
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Utrecht · since 2001
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Name of an establishment of CONTROL ELECTRICAL METHODS · Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Sint-Katelijne-Waver · since 2014
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General electrical installation work · Antwerpen · since 2018
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Abbreviation of Cyber Enterprise Modelling · Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Lebbeke · since 2021
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Warehousing and storage · Libramont-Chevigny · since 2022
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Abbreviation of Comité Esprit Marchinois · Marchin · since 2025
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Abbreviation of Construction Electro-Mécanique, Anciens Etablissements Vanhaesendonck · Mechelen · since 1955
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Abbreviation of COOPERATION EUROPEENNE DE MARKETING · Etterbeek · since 1989
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Freight transport by road · Vilvoorde · since 1999
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Cafés and bars · Antwerpen · since 2013
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Business and other management consultancy · Koekelberg · since 2013
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Vervaardiging van motorvoertuigen · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Niklaas · since 2021
Names that resemble it 44 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Name of an establishment of Openbaar Centrum voor Maatschappelijk Welzijn van Sint-Gillis(bij-Brussel) · Openbare Centra voor Maatschappelijk Welzijn (OCMW) · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1968
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Abbreviation of Centrum voor Efficiency en Management · Antwerpen · since 1971
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Abbreviation of CERCLE EQUESTRE DU MANEGE MUSETTE · Ukkel · since 1985
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Abbreviation of Centre d'Education en Milieu Ouvert · Other social work without accommodation · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1990
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Insurance agents and brokers · Berlaar · since 1997
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Abbreviation of CHARLEROI ESPACE MEETING EUROPEEN · Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Charleroi · since 2000
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Abbreviation of CENTRE PROTESTANT EVANGELIQUE DE VERVIERS LA MAIN DE DIEU · Verviers · since 2002
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Construction of utility projects for electricity and telecommunications · Nazareth-De Pinte · since 2014
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Abbreviation of Centrum voor Educatie en Maatschappelijke Interactie · Antwerpen · since 2016
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Theux · since 2018
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Full-service restaurants · Houffalize · since 2018
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Vermogensbeheer · Maasmechelen · since 2015
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Other retail sale of food · Anderlecht · since 2021
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Activities of holding companies · Oudsbergen · since 2022
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Abbreviation of CENTRE EVANGELIQUE MARANATA BRUXELLES · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2023
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Abbreviation of Civil Engineering Meijer International · Activities of building architects · Antwerpen · since 2011
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Activities of holding companies · Schoten · since 2012
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Machining of metals · since 1980
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Abbreviation of COMITE EUROPEEN DES GROUPEMENTS DE CONSTRUCTEURS DU MACHINISME AGRICOLE · Public relations and communication consultancy · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2008
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Business and other management consultancy · Büllingen · since 2024
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Activities of holding companies · Verviers · since 2024
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Activities of holding companies · Dessel · since 2026
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Abbreviation of CHAMBRE DE COMMERCE EUROPE-MADAGASCAR · Elsene · since 2026
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Abbreviation of CENTRE DE FORMATION A L'ECOUTE DU MALADE · Vocational training · Brussel · since 1986
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Abbreviation of Caisse d'Entraide Moustique - Onderlinge Bijstandskas · Mechelen · since 1988
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Joinery installation · Genk · since 1995
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Abbreviation of Centre d'Etude de Musique populaire baroque · Liège · since 1996
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Name of an establishment · Business and other management consultancy · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 1997
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Brugge · since 2001
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Abbreviation of European Committee of manufactures of electrical machines and power electronics-Comité européen des fabricants d'appareils électriques et électronique · Public relations and communication consultancy · Brussel · since 2014
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Sprimont · since 2021
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Activities of head offices · Sankt Vith · since 2022
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Joinery installation · since 2023
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Name of an establishment · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Jemeppe-sur-Sambre · since 2010
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Full-service restaurants · Lokeren · since 2010
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Real estate agency activities · Beauvechain · since 2012
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Machining of metals · Torhout · since 2005
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Name of an establishment · Real estate agency activities · Antwerpen · since 2025
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2025
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General construction of residential buildings · Asse · since 2026
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Abbreviation of Comptoir d'Etude de Materiaux · Ans · since 1968
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Abbreviation of CENTRE D'ELECTRODIAGNOSTIC ET MEDECINE PHYSIQUE · Ukkel · since 1989
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Florennes · since 1975
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Brussel · since 1995