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.
“CELARTE”
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
10 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Jabbeke · since 2006
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Retail sale of lighting equipment · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 1988
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Name of an establishment of WENS · Activities of interior architects · Hoogstraten · since 1989
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2026
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2014
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Cultural education · Tervuren · since 2017
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Other retail sale of new goods · since 1995
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2012
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Other retail sale of new goods · since 2006
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · since 2024
Names that resemble it 16 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Schilde · since 1988
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Abbreviation of Communauté des Ecoles libres d'Anderlecht · Subsidised independent mainstream primary education · Anderlecht · since 1974
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Kontich · since 2014
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Groothandel in vloer- en wandtegels · Hasselt · since 2015
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Psychology services · since 2025
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Abbreviation of CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE FOR LOBBYING AND ADVOCACY · Brussel · since 2026
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Abbreviation of CELLULE D'ACCELERATION POUR LA REMISE AU TRAVAIL ET POUR L'EMPLOI · Elsene · since 1986
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Other software publishing · Grobbendonk · since 1988
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Groothandel in foto- en filmapparatuur en in andere optische artikelen · Berlaar · since 1993
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Wholesale of clothing, excluding workwear and underwear · Ronse · since 1994
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Other printing · Namur · since 2012
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Veurne · since 2020
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Performing arts by independent artists · Oosterzele · since 2021
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · Machelen (Brab.) · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · Dilbeek · since 2005
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Business and other management consultancy · Wuustwezel · since 2005