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.
“CENADIS”
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
3 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Wholesale of other machinery and equipment · Schaarbeek · since 1994
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Genappe · since 2023
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Diksmuide · since 1987
Names that resemble it 13 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Name of an establishment of Living Communication International · Other business support services · Etterbeek · since 2008
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Oostkamp · since 1978
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Abbreviation of EURACTIV MEDIA · Business and other management consultancy · Brussel · since 1996
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Full-service restaurants · since 2013
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · since 2008
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Charleroi · since 2023
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Renting and leasing of other machinery, equipment and tangible goods · Grâce-Hollogne · since 1991
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Agents in the wholesale of industrial machinery, ships and aircraft · Kontich · since 1996
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Olne · since 2021
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Wholesale of electrical household appliances and audio-video equipment · Antwerpen · since 2010
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Abbreviation of CENTRE ASSOCIATIF & PARTICIPATIF · Brussel · since 2012
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Detailhandel in boeken · Sint-Gillis-Waas · since 2012
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Other information service activities · Tielt · since 2024