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.
“CEDILA”
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
7 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · La Louvière · since 2002
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Abbreviation of Centre d'Edition et de Diffusion de l'Information Laïque · Book publishing · Brussel · since 1983
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Abbreviation of Confédération européenne des Association d'Ingénieurs agronomes · Leuven · since 1996
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Wholesale of pharmaceutical and medical goods · Lier · since 2024
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Abbreviation of Centre de Diagnostic par Radioisotopes · Elsene · since 1979
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Name of an establishment of Cécila · Full-service restaurants · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 2013
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Business and other management consultancy · Knokke-Heist · since 2004
Names that resemble it 19 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of Centre d'Education intensive · Ukkel · since 1987
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Abbreviation of CENTRE D'EXPERTISE ET D'ASSISTANCE IMMOBILIERE · Etterbeek · since 1994
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Abbreviation of CORPORATION EUROPEA PARA EL DESAROLLO INTERNATIONAL · Schaarbeek · since 2002
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Translation services · since 2018
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Abbreviation of CENTRE EUROPEEN DES DIASPORAS INCLUSIVES · Anderlecht · since 2026
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Uitgeven van tijdschriften · Marchin · since 1995
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Abbreviation of Europese Vereniging van Professionele Duikinstructeurs - Association europ{enne des Moniteurs de Plong{e professionnels · Antwerpen · since 1997
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Brussel · since 2022
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General construction of residential buildings · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 2023
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Wholesale of electrical household appliances and audio-video equipment · Antwerpen · since 2010
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Theux · since 2025
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2014
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Frameries · since 1992
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Abbreviation of Confédération Européenne des Distilleries Vinicoles · Brussel · since 2015
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Business and other management consultancy · Braine-l'Alleud · since 2024
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Maasmechelen · since 2024
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Abbreviation of Centre d'Etude et de Développement de l'Informatique · Namur · since 1972
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Abbreviation of Consortium Européen de Diffusion Industrielle et Commerciale · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 1969
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Abbreviation of Comité Européen des Ingénieurs Conseils - Europees Comité van Raadgevende Ingenieurs · Brussel · since 1990