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6 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • C.E.N. same name
    Abbreviation of Cercle d'Etudes Numismatiques · Other publishing activities, excluding software publishing · Brussel · since 1968
  • CEN same name
    Abbreviation of Comité Européen de Normalisation - European Comittee for Standardization - Europäisches Komitee für Normung · Other technical testing and analysis · Brussel · since 1975
  • CEN same name
    Abbreviation of Ceinture Energétique Namuroise · Verenigingen en bewegingen voor volwassenen · Namur · since 2021
  • CEN same name
    Abbreviation of Centaura · Youth work associations · Kortrijk · since 2024
  • CEN same name
    Insurance agents and brokers · Zonnebeke · since 2025
  • C.E.N. same namein bankruptcy or liquidation
    Abbreviation of Club européen de Natation · Brussel · since 1990
Names that resemble it 55 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • C EN P similar
    Name of an establishment of CONTROL AND PROTECTION · Vervaardiging van overige machines en apparaten voor algemeen gebruik, n.e.g. · Antwerpen · since 1976
  • Cena similar
    Oostkamp · since 1978
  • C en C similar
    Abbreviation of C & C · Agents in the wholesale of textiles, clothing, fur, footwear and leather goods · Brugge · since 1984
  • CENS similar
    Abbreviation of Comité d'Entraide scoute · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 1983
  • C EN P similar
    Abbreviation of CONTACT EN PROMOTIE · Mechelen · since 1987
  • C en G similar
    Other tax advisory services · Deinze · since 1988
  • CENK similar
    Name of an establishment of SEMA · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Schaarbeek · since 1989
  • C EN P similar
    Abbreviation of COUCK EN PESCOD INVEST · Real estate agency activities · Liedekerke · since 1990
  • C en C similar
    Brussel · since 1994
  • C EN I similar
    Abbreviation of C EN I CONSULTING EN INTERIOR · Activities of interior architects · Leuven · since 1994
  • CENA similar
    Abbreviation of EURACTIV MEDIA · Business and other management consultancy · Brussel · since 1996
  • Sole trader similar
    Full-service restaurants · since 2013
  • CenT similar
    Other professional, scientific and technical activities · Hoogstraten · since 2014
  • C&E similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Aartselaar · since 2019
  • CenT similar
    Retail sale of pharmaceutical products · Gent · since 2021
  • C&E similar
    Abbreviation of Cars & Events · Wemmel · since 2022
  • C en T similar
    Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · Aalst · since 2022
  • Sole trader similar
    Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · since 1993
  • CENO similar
    General construction of residential buildings · Machelen (Brab.) · since 2007
  • Sole trader similar
    Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · since 2008
  • C EN D similar
    Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Beernem · since 2023
  • Sole trader similar
    Physiotherapy · since 2016
  • CENEO similar
    Activities of holding companies · Charleroi · since 1968
  • C.E.N.Y.C. similar
    Elsene · since 1963
  • CENES similar
    Real estate agency activities · Koksijde · since 1993
  • C.E.N.P.O. similar
    Abbreviation of Centrum voor Europese Not-for-Profit Organisaties · Elsene · since 1999
  • Cenob similar
    Name of an establishment of Brepo · Wholesale of wines and spirits · Gent · since 1999
  • C en Co similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Sainte-Ode · since 1999
  • CENEF similar
    Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2000
  • CEGEN similar
    Abbreviation of CEDRIC GENICOT · Activiteiten van watersportclubs · Schaarbeek · since 2001
  • C.I.C.E.N. similar
    Abbreviation of CLUB INTENSIVE CARE AND EMERGENCY NURSING · Antwerpen · since 2001
  • CenCe similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Mol · since 2015
  • CENOB similar
    Full-service restaurants · Nazareth-De Pinte · since 2019
  • C en Co similar
    Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Koksijde · since 2021
  • CENEL similar
    Buying and selling of own real estate · Zoersel · since 2021
  • CENAQ similar
    Olne · since 2021
  • CENTE similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Laureins · since 2023
  • Cenec similar
    Office administrative and support services · Wetteren · since 2023
  • CENAS similar
    Abbreviation of CENTRE ASSOCIATIF & PARTICIPATIF · Brussel · since 2012
  • CENAH similar
    Detailhandel in boeken · Sint-Gillis-Waas · since 2012
  • Cenzo similar
    Name of an establishment of HOME DEPOTS · Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Hasselt · since 2006
  • CENTR similar
    Activities of business and employers' organisations · Etterbeek · since 2006
  • CENDO similar
    Dental practice · Schilde · since 2024
  • CE-NET similar
    Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Grobbendonk · since 2025
  • Cenri similar
    Funeral services · Lokeren · since 2025
  • CENSE similar
    Name of CEN Engineering · Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Kapelle-op-den-Bos · since 2026
  • CENOR similar
    Groothandel in metalen en metaalertsen · Quaregnon · since 2026
  • CE similar
    Abbreviation of Construction Energetics · Scherpenheuvel-Zichem · since 2014
  • CE² similar
    Abbreviation of CALLEBAUT CONSULTING, ENGINEERING & EVENTING · Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Aalst · since 2016
  • CE similar
    Abbreviation of LE CERCLE DE L'EXCELLENCE · since 2019
  • Sole trader similar
    Retail sale of medical and orthopaedic goods, excluding prescription glasses and lenses · since 2008
  • CE similar
    Abbreviation of CHARIS-EURO · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2026
  • C. en C. similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Abbreviation of COUNE EN CARPENTER · Hamme (Vl.) · since 1975
  • C EN S similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Lokeren · since 1979
  • CENOL similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Full-service restaurants · Quaregnon · since 2017

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.
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