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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.

“CATHEPI”

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

1 registered enterprise with a name easily confused with yours.

  • CATHEPI same name
    LUXEMBOURG · since 2007
Names that resemble it 14 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • Cathec similar
    General electrical installation work · Destelbergen · since 2021
  • Cathel similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Westerlo · since 2009
  • CATHEA similar
    Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Tubize · since 2024
  • CATHECT similar
    Activities of holding companies · Kampenhout · since 2018
  • Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · since 2020
  • CATHEMA similar
    Activities of holding companies · Zaventem · since 2022
  • CATHELEC similar
    Office administrative and support services · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 1990
  • CATH & CO similar
    Office administrative and support services · Genappe · since 2016
  • CATHEXIS similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2008
  • Activities of independent sportspeople · since 2015
  • Guest rooms (bed and breakfast) · since 2020
  • Cathz similar
    Kortemark · since 2020
  • Caths similar
    Name of an establishment of CARE AT HOME SERVICE · Other business support services · Gent · since 2006
  • Bemiddelingsactiviteiten voor de gespecialiseerde detailhandel · since 2026

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