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.
“CEFERA”
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
8 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Elsene · since 1990
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Abbreviation of Club d'entreprises du parc d'activités de Fernelmont et des acteurs économiques de Fernelmont et Eghezée · Fernelmont · since 2014
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Wholesale of agricultural produce and animal feed, general range · Rotterdam · since 1990
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Aalst · since 2016
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Sint-Niklaas · since 1989
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Business and other management consultancy · Manage · since 2020
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Nursing and midwifery · Menen · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Zonhoven · since 2010
Names that resemble it 8 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Activities of holding companies · Leuven · since 1935
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Abbreviation of ETOPIA · Other retail sale of food · Namur · since 1983
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Abbreviation of CABINET D'EXPERTISE RADIOLOGIQUES D'AVISTER · Specialist medical practice · Esneux · since 2007
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Abbreviation of CENTRE DE FORMATION A L'ECOUTE DU MALADE · Vocational training · Brussel · since 1986
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Abbreviation of Confederation of European Firms, Employment Initiatives and Cooperatives · Herstal · since 1990
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Abbreviation of FEDERATION DES POUVOIRS ORGANISATEURS DE L'ENSEIGNEMENT FONDAMENTAL LIBRE SUBVENTIONNE DE L'ENTITE DE MOUSCRON · Other membership organisations · Mouscron · since 1998
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Name of an establishment of GROUPE CEFETY · Installation of industrial machinery and equipment · Ganshoren · since 1998
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Non-specialised wholesale trade · Oudenburg · since 1988