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.
“CEMA”
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
5 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Abbreviation of Centrum voor Efficiency en Management · Antwerpen · since 1971
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Insurance agents and brokers · Berlaar · since 1997
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Machining of metals · since 1980
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Abbreviation of COMITE EUROPEEN DES GROUPEMENTS DE CONSTRUCTEURS DU MACHINISME AGRICOLE · Public relations and communication consultancy · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2008
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Abbreviation of Comptoir d'Etude de Materiaux · Ans · since 1968
Names that resemble it 55 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of Consortium européen de Matériel automobile et de Carrosserie · Figeac · since 1979
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Abbreviation of CRISIS & EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT CENTRE · Business and other management consultancy · Zele · since 1994
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Abbreviation of Cercle Majeur Du Ndé · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2013
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Jemeppe-sur-Sambre · since 2010
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Full-service restaurants · Lokeren · since 2010
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Retail sale of prescription glasses, lenses and sunglasses · Roeselare · since 2012
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Business and other management consultancy · Zedelgem · since 2004
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Installation of industrial machinery and equipment · since 2006
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Nursing and midwifery · Sambreville · since 2006
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Real estate agency activities · Antwerpen · since 2025
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Full-service restaurants · Crisnée · since 2025
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Ham-sur-Heure-Nalinnes · since 1963
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Abbreviation of Cepema - Etablissements Chenoix frères · Other building finishing work · Marche-en-Famenne · since 1968
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Abbreviation of Cabinet d'Expertises médicales · Risk and damage evaluation · Liège · since 1984
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Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 1987
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Brussel · since 1988
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Abbreviation of CARDON EUROPEAN MARKETING · Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 1989
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Wetteren · since 1989
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Anderlecht · since 1990
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Abbreviation of COOPERATIVE EUROPEENNE MEDICALE · Mouscron · since 1990
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Antwerpen · since 1994
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Activities of holding companies · Stekene · since 1995
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Wijnegem · since 1996
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Farciennes · since 1999
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Abbreviation of COEUR EN MARCHE · Other membership organisations · Marche-en-Famenne · since 2000
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Wholesale of construction materials, general range · Nazareth-De Pinte · since 2002
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Izegem · since 2015
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General electrical installation work · Antwerpen · since 2018
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Development of residential building projects · Nazareth · since 2018
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Vermogensbeheer · since 2019
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Kruisem · since 2017
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Kruisem · since 2017
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Zulte · since 2020
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Abbreviation of Cyber Enterprise Modelling · Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Lebbeke · since 2021
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Other information technology and computer services · Schoten · since 2022
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Development of residential building projects · Bredene · since 2022
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Warehousing and storage · Libramont-Chevigny · since 2022
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Activities of head offices · Kruisem · since 2022
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Welkenraedt · since 2008
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General construction of residential buildings · Liège · since 2010
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Retail sale of other household articles · Namur · since 2010
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Business and other management consultancy · Waimes · since 2010
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Groothandel in vlees van wild en van gevogelte · Tournai · since 2011
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Other information technology and computer services · Eghezée · since 2003
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General electrical installation work · since 2004
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Abbreviation of Consultance Management Marketing et Formations pour agir en Afrique · Esneux · since 2005
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Activities of holding companies · Mons · since 2005
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Detailhandel in baby- en kinderbovenkleding · since 2016
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Heusden-Zolder · since 2024
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Abbreviation of Comité Esprit Marchinois · Marchin · since 2025
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Florennes · since 1975
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Vorst · since 1981
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Abbreviation of Construction Electro-Mécanique, Anciens Etablissements Vanhaesendonck · Mechelen · since 1955
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Abbreviation of Centre marcinellois d'Action et de Promotion sociales · Charleroi · since 1973
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Abbreviation of COOPERATION EUROPEENNE DE MARKETING · Etterbeek · since 1989