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.
“CEK”
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
2 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Abbreviation of CEK Werken · Support activities for crop production · Deinze · since 2022
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Maasmechelen · since 2012
Names that resemble it 20 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Manufacture of medical and dental instruments and supplies · Antwerpen · since 1964
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Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · Tienen · since 2013
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Groothandel in schoeisel · Anzegem · since 2015
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2025
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Laarne · since 2026
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Pelt · since 1975
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Abbreviation of Centrum voor Promotie van Eigentijdse Kunst · Brussel · since 1988
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Name of an establishment of CLEARWORK · General construction of residential buildings · Aartselaar · since 2015
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General electrical installation work · since 2019
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General electrical installation work · Diepenbeek · since 2020
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Name of an establishment of LILLAS · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · La Louvière · since 2023
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Retail sale of motorcycles and motorcycle parts and accessories · since 2005
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Abbreviation of COLLEN ENGINEERING · Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Gent · since 1985
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Abbreviation of Concerts éphémères · Jalhay · since 2013
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Abbreviation of Construction Energetics · Scherpenheuvel-Zichem · since 2014
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Abbreviation of CALLEBAUT CONSULTING, ENGINEERING & EVENTING · Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Aalst · since 2016
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Abbreviation of LE CERCLE DE L'EXCELLENCE · since 2019
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Abbreviation of CHARIS-EURO · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of INFRA-TECH · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Anderlecht · since 2014
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Name of an establishment of CEKIC TRANS · Freight transport by road · since 2008