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.
“CEFI”
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
3 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Lasne · since 1992
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Abbreviation of CENTRE DE FORMATION INTEGREE · Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Enghien · since 1999
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Abbreviation of Comité Européen des Fabricants d'Inuline · Pecq · since 2015
Names that resemble it 32 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of CONSEIL EUROPEEN DE L'INDUSTRIE CHIMIQUE - EUROPEAN CHEMICAL INDUSTRY COUNCIL · Market research and public opinion polling · Etterbeek · since 1973
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Business and other management consultancy · Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 1988
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Business and other management consultancy · Zoersel · since 1994
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Abbreviation of Centre d'Etude et de Formations Immobilières · Vocational training · Wavre · since 2014
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Business and other management consultancy · Deinze · since 2010
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Abbreviation of Société de Conseil, d'Etudes de Financement et d'Investissement en Immobilier · Paris · since 1983
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Abbreviation of Centre Emploi-Formation · Huy · since 1993
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Activiteiten van incasso- en kredietbureaus · Waregem · since 1994
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Abbreviation of Centre fruitier wallon · Growing of pome and stone fruits · Hannut · since 1995
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Abbreviation of CENTRE D'EDUCATION A LA CONSOMMATION · Vorst · since 2001
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Abbreviation of CITÉ ESPOIR FONDATION · Anderlecht · since 2014
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Abbreviation of CHAPITEAUX EN FETE · Verhuur en lease van tenten · Soignies · since 2017
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Nursing and midwifery · Menen · since 2023
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Abbreviation of Comité des élèves francophones · Youth work associations · Brussel · since 2009
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Abbreviation of COMME ELLE FAUT · Raising of horses and other equines · Wellen · since 2025
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Balzers · since 1995
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Abbreviation of CENTRE D'ETUDE FINANCIERE ET IMMOBILIERE DE WATERLOO · Waterloo · since 1996
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Other business support services · Gent · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of INSTITUT DES ARTS ET METIERS · Vrij gesubsidieerd gewoon technisch en beroepssecundair onderwijs · Virton · since 1967
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Abbreviation of Corps écrits · Verenigingen en bewegingen voor volwassenen · Court-Saint-Etienne · since 1961
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Abbreviation of Cercle équestre de Forges-Thiry · Theux · since 1966
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Abbreviation of Cercle Equestre du Fort-Jaco · Ukkel · since 1949
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Abbreviation of ETOPIA · Other retail sale of food · Namur · since 1983
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Name of an establishment of INSTITUT SAINTE-BEGGE A ANDENNE · Subsidised independent mainstream primary education · Andenne · since 1987
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Abbreviation of CORPORATE EQUIPMENTS & FURNITURES OFFICE · since 2002
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Abbreviation of Communauté des Entraîneurs Francophones de Football · Sports and recreation education · Namur · since 2017
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Abbreviation of Centre Évangélique de la foi en Christ · Lessines · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of Mom&Pop Super Mega Farm · Full-service restaurants · Brussel · since 2023
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Abbreviation · Other tax advisory services · Wanze · since 2010
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Schaarbeek · since 1989
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Abbreviation of Centrum voor Fertiliteit Antwerpen · Antwerpen · since 1986
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Wholesale of motor vehicle parts and accessories · Tournai · since 1993