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.

“C.GEN”

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.

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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

1 registered enterprise with a name easily confused with yours.

C.GEN same name

Grimbergen · since 1993

Names that resemble it 22 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.

C.G.E. similar

Groothandel in machines voor de mijnbouw, de bouwnijverheid en de weg- en waterbouw · Welkenraedt · since 1999
CGE (sole trader) similar

General electrical installation work · since 2026
C.G.E. similar

General electrical installation work · Mons · since 2004
CGE similar

Abbreviation of CRIMINISI Gaëtan Entreprise · General electrical installation work · Grâce-Hollogne · since 2005
CGENIAL (sole trader) similar

Graphic design and visual communication · since 2024
CGEI similar

Abbreviation of Chambre des Géomètres-Experts immobiliers - Kamer van de Meetkundige-Schatters van Onroerende Goederen · since 1965
C.G.E.P. similar

Abbreviation of COMPAGNIE GENERALE D'ELECTROLYSE DU PALAIS SA · Le Palais sur Vienne · since 1993
C.G.E.D. similar

Namur · since 1994
C.G.E.G. similar

General electrical installation work · Anderlecht · since 1997
C.G.E.L. similar

Waterloo · since 1999
CGEH similar

Abbreviation of Centre de Gestion de l'Entité de Herstal · Other educational support services · Herstal · since 2019
C.G.E.R. (sole trader) similar

Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · since 1997
CGeS similar

General electrical installation work · Esneux · since 2023
C.G.E.H similar

Abbreviation of Centre de gestion de l'Entité de Huy · Other educational support services · Wanze · since 2009
CGEM similar

Business and other management consultancy · Charleroi · since 2010
CGER (sole trader) similar

Other financial services · since 1995
CGER (sole trader) similar

Overige activiteiten van geldscheppende financiële instellingen · since 1999
C²GEO similar

Name of an establishment of C² Géo · Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Braine-l'Alleud · since 2007
C.G.E.S. similar

Abbreviation of CENTRE DE GESTION DE L'ENTITE DE STAVELOT · Other educational support services · Theux · since 2007
CGEA similar

Abbreviation of CENTRE DE GESTION ENTITE D'AYWAILLE · Other educational support services · Neupré · since 2007
CGEx (sole trader) similar

Land surveying · since 2024
C.G.E.O. similarin bankruptcy or liquidation

Land surveying · since 2011

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