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.
“CELMAT”
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
13 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Dilbeek · since 2018
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Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Truiden · since 2017
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Retail sale of hardware, building materials, paint and glass (general range) · since 1984
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Activities of holding companies · Ingelmunster · since 2013
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Turnhout · since 2013
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Activities of holding companies · Meerhout · since 1997
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Activities of head offices · Oosterzele · since 2021
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Business and other management consultancy · Koksijde · since 2022
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Manufacture of other builders' carpentry and joinery · Antwerpen · since 2011
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Wholesale of non-electrical household articles · Antwerpen · since 2004
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Sankt Vith · since 2006
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Full-service restaurants · Waregem · since 2024
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Wholesale of construction materials, general range · Gent · since 2026
Names that resemble it 5 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Real estate agency activities · Dentergem · since 2022
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Schaarbeek · since 2017
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Boechout · since 2011
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Abbreviation of Consortium Belge de Matériel · Brussel · since 1958
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Abbreviation of Compagnie Belge de Matériel Thermique · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1978