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.
“C.E.W.”
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
6 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Abbreviation of Cercle équestre Waimes · Other amusement and recreation activities · Waimes · since 1977
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Antwerpen · since 1991
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Abbreviation of CLAESSEN ELEKTRICITEITSWERKEN · Other specialised construction activities · Merksplas · since 2013
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Abbreviation of CERCLE L'ETOILE WILLANCOURT · Musson · since 2017
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Abbreviation of Cercle d'Echecs de Wavre · Activities of other sports clubs · Wavre · since 2020
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Abbreviation of CEW & PARTNERS · Activities of lawyers · Elsene · since 2025
Names that resemble it 10 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of Centrale der werkgevers Zeebrugge · Temporary employment agencies and other provision of personnel · Brugge · since 1986
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Abbreviation of Comité des Entreprises de Walcourt · Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Walcourt · since 2016
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Abbreviation of Cabinet d’expertise médicale Weyland · General medical practice · Gesves · since 2021
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Name of an establishment of CEWEP e.V. · Organisation of conventions and trade shows · DUSSELDORF · since 2005
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Abbreviation of COLLEN ENGINEERING · Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Gent · since 1985
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Abbreviation of Concerts éphémères · Jalhay · since 2013
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Abbreviation of Construction Energetics · Scherpenheuvel-Zichem · since 2014
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Abbreviation of CALLEBAUT CONSULTING, ENGINEERING & EVENTING · Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Aalst · since 2016
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Abbreviation of LE CERCLE DE L'EXCELLENCE · since 2019
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Abbreviation of CHARIS-EURO · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2026