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.
“CEMPA”
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
6 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Hastière · since 2014
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Abbreviation of Centrale des Employeurs des Ports de Bruxelles et de Vilvoorde · Office administrative and support services · Brussel · since 1946
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Abbreviation of Centre d'Etude de Musique populaire baroque · Liège · since 1996
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Vermogensbeheer · Kruisem · since 2017
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Abbreviation of Centre International de Management et de Promotion Artistique · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1975
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Herentals · since 1992
Names that resemble it 19 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Other membership organisations · Mechelen · since 2017
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Renting and leasing of cars and light motor vehicles · Oostende · since 2021
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Other information technology and computer services · Sint-Katelijne-Waver · since 2006
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Abbreviation of Cabinet d'Expertises médicales · Risk and damage evaluation · Liège · since 1984
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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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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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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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Name of an establishment of CONTROL ELECTRICAL METHODS · Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Sint-Katelijne-Waver · since 2014
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General electrical installation work · Antwerpen · since 2018
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Abbreviation of Cyber Enterprise Modelling · Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Lebbeke · since 2021
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Warehousing and storage · Libramont-Chevigny · since 2022
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Abbreviation of Comité Esprit Marchinois · Marchin · since 2025
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Abbreviation of EUROPEAN MARITIME PILOTS ASSOCIATION · Activities of business and employers' organisations · Brussel · since 2004
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Abbreviation of CENTRE D'ELECTRODIAGNOSTIC ET MEDECINE PHYSIQUE · Ukkel · since 1989
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Abbreviation of Construction Electro-Mécanique, Anciens Etablissements Vanhaesendonck · Mechelen · since 1955
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Abbreviation of COOPERATION EUROPEENNE DE MARKETING · Etterbeek · since 1989