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.
“CECYL”
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.
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Anzegem · since 2025
Names that resemble it 19 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Dental practice · Huy · since 2016
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Abbreviation of Conseil Européen de l'Enseignement par Correspondance-European Council for Education by Correspondence · Gent · since 1963
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Abbreviation of Comite d'Entr'Aide de Crainhem · Kraainem · since 1939
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Abbreviation of Coopération Éducation Culture · Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · Brussel · since 1977
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Abbreviation of Centre d'Education canine des Bourquis · Cafés and bars · Ham-sur-Heure-Nalinnes · since 1983
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Abbreviation of CENTRE DE L'ECOUTE ET DE LA COMMUNICATION · Renting and leasing of cars and light motor vehicles · Charleroi · since 1988
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Abbreviation of Conseil européen de coordination pour le développement des essais de performance des combustibles lubrifiants et autres fluides utilises dans les transports · Other research and development on natural sciences · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 1994
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Abbreviation of COMMUNICATIONS ET EDITIONS CAMILLE · Book publishing · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 1999
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Abbreviation of CONFEDERATION EUROPEENNE DES CADRES · Vocational training · Brussel · since 2001
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Abbreviation of CERCLE D'ESCRIME CHARLEMAGNE · Ferrières · since 2002
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Abbreviation of Centre d'Education à la citoyenneté · Jette · since 2014
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Abbreviation of CONDROZ ENERGIES CITOYENNES · Other membership organisations · Modave · since 2014
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Abbreviation of CARAVANE DE L'ESPOIR POUR LA CITOYENNETE · since 2018
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Abbreviation of Création Education Communication · Elsene · since 2019
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Abbreviation of C.Y. Logistics · Logistics services · Grâce-Hollogne · since 2019
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Abbreviation of CHRYSOCOLLIA · Other retail sale of food · Namur · since 2020
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Abbreviation of CENTRE DES EVENEMENTS CULTURELS · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2008
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Abbreviation of Confédération Européenne de l'Industrie de la Chaussure · Other business support services · Brussel · since 2004
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Oudsbergen · since 2025