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Compared with the KBO register · free

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.

“CEMSI”

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.

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  • 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

4 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • CEMSI same name
    Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 1999
  • CEMASI very similar
    Activities of head offices · Kruisem · since 2022
  • C.E.P.S.I. very similar
    Abbreviation of CENTRE D'ETUDES PSYCHOLOGIQUES DES SYSTEMES INTERPERSONNELS · Rixensart · since 1985
  • TEMSI very similar
    Bricklaying and masonry work · Ukkel · since 2008
Names that resemble it 15 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • CEM'S similar
    Cafés and bars · Antwerpen · since 2013
  • C.E.M. similar
    Abbreviation of Cabinet d'Expertises médicales · Risk and damage evaluation · Liège · since 1984
  • CEM similar
    Brussel · since 1988
  • C.E.M. similar
    Abbreviation of CARDON EUROPEAN MARKETING · Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 1989
  • C.E.M. similar
    Abbreviation of COOPERATIVE EUROPEENNE MEDICALE · Mouscron · since 1990
  • C.E.M. similar
    Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Antwerpen · since 1994
  • CEM similar
    Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Farciennes · since 1999
  • CEM similar
    Abbreviation of COEUR EN MARCHE · Other membership organisations · Marche-en-Famenne · since 2000
  • C.E.M. similar
    Name of an establishment of CONTROL ELECTRICAL METHODS · Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Sint-Katelijne-Waver · since 2014
  • CEM similar
    General electrical installation work · Antwerpen · since 2018
  • CEM similar
    Abbreviation of Cyber Enterprise Modelling · Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Lebbeke · since 2021
  • CEM similar
    Warehousing and storage · Libramont-Chevigny · since 2022
  • C.E.M. similar
    Abbreviation of Comité Esprit Marchinois · Marchin · since 2025
  • C.E.M. similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Abbreviation of Construction Electro-Mécanique, Anciens Etablissements Vanhaesendonck · Mechelen · since 1955
  • C.E.M. similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Abbreviation of COOPERATION EUROPEENNE DE MARKETING · Etterbeek · since 1989

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