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.
“CECIAM”
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
4 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Business and other management consultancy · Vaux-sur-Sûre · since 2012
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Book publishing · since 2023
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Literary creation · since 2024
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Abbreviation of Centre d'Etude et d'Information Apicole de Mons · Other education · Frameries · since 2018
Names that resemble it 19 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of Compagnie Européenne de Constructions Immobilières · Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Elsene · since 1959
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Abbreviation of Centrum voor Informatie over Audio-Visuele Middelen · Brussel · since 1981
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Graphic design and visual communication · Kalmthout · since 2019
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Business and other management consultancy · Brugge · since 2004
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 2025
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Abbreviation of CENTRALE EQUIPEMENT CARROSSERIE INDUSTRIELLE · Brussel · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of WAKO TAKO · Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Mortsel · since 2020
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Abbreviation of Complexe Educatif Culturel Islamique de Verviers · Activities of religious organisations · Verviers · since 2004
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Abbreviation of Cercle des Entrepreneurs, Commerçants et Indépendants Gesvois · Gesves · since 2026
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Abbreviation of Compagnie Européenne de Constructions Industrielles et de Levages Swaenepoel · Oignies · since 1980
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Retail sale of flowers, plants, seeds and fertilisers · Etterbeek · since 1985
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Abbreviation of Comité européen de Coopération des Industries de la Machine-Outil - The European Committee for the Cooporation of Machine Tool Industries · Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 1991
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Name of an establishment of Cécila · Full-service restaurants · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 2013
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Other personal services · since 2009
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Dentergem · since 2004
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Abbreviation of Comptoir d'Echanges Commerciaux Internationaux · Elsene · since 1966
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Abbreviation of Centre Européen de Commerce et Industrie · Jette · since 1974
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Abbreviation of Chambre européenne ppur le Développement du Commerce, de l'Industrie, des Finances · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 1973
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Name of an establishment of NAME PROJECTS · Event catering · Brussel · since 2016