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.
“CATENA”
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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Wholesale of electrical household appliances and audio-video equipment · Hemiksem · since 1995
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Brussel · since 2002
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Business and other management consultancy · Lebbeke · since 2011
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Other professional, scientific and technical activities · Lede · since 2015
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Other postal and courier activities · Nazareth-De Pinte · since 2020
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Agents and brokers in banking services · Ukkel · since 2025
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · Ukkel · since 1991
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Name of an establishment of CPM · Business and other management consultancy · Kontich · since 1982
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Business and other management consultancy · Knokke-Heist · since 2001
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Retail sale of flowers, plants, seeds and fertilisers · Charleroi · since 2022
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Lede · since 2022
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Name of an establishment of CapP Patrimonium · Development of residential building projects · Destelbergen · since 2011
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Abbreviation of Koninklijke Fietsclub Katena · Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Turnhout · since 2004
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · Turnhout · since 2006
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Abbreviation of Koninklijke Turn- en Schermclub Catena · Gent · since 2012
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Vervaardiging van bereide maaltijden en schotels · since 2026
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Brussel · since 1968
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Ukkel · since 1981
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Name of an establishment of CADENA OIL · Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 1992
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Full-service restaurants · Rumst · since 2021
Names that resemble it 17 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of Coöperatief van Aankoop voor Radiohandelaars, Techniekers en Elektriekers · Antwerpen · since 1968
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Abbreviation of Center for Advanced Technical Education · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 1983
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De Haan · since 2016
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Abbreviation of Compagnie à toute épreuve · Brussel · since 2021
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Full-service restaurants · Damme · since 2011
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Activities of holding companies · Gent · since 2011
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Pre-press and pre-media services · Elsene · since 2004
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Vervaardiging van communicatieapparatuur · Bièvre · since 2019
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Koekelare · since 1996
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Groothandel in machines en apparaten voor de warmte-, koel- en vriestechniek voor industrieel gebruik · Wateringen · since 2009
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Machining of metals · Herentals · since 1996
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · since 1995
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since 2008
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Other information technology and computer services · Ukkel · since 2005
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Groothandel in foto- en filmapparatuur en in andere optische artikelen · Meise · since 2006
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Activities of head offices · Libramont-Chevigny · since 2007
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Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · De Haan · since 2026