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.
“CENEL”
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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Buying and selling of own real estate · Zoersel · since 2021
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Activities of holding companies · Charleroi · since 1968
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Real estate agency activities · Koksijde · since 1993
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2000
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Office administrative and support services · Wetteren · since 2023
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Grobbendonk · since 2025
Names that resemble it 29 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of Comité Européen de Normalisation Electrotechnique · Other technical testing and analysis · Brussel · since 1972
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Name of an establishment of COMPAGNIE POUR L'ENTRAINEMENT ET LA COMMUNICATION-BELGIUM · Business and other management consultancy · Liège · since 1985
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Abbreviation of CLOQUET ERNERGIE CONSULTANT · Ham-sur-Heure-Nalinnes · since 1992
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Abbreviation of Centre Européen de Neuro-Coaching · Vorst · since 2017
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Abbreviation of Ceneka VZW · Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · Gent · since 2017
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Property management for co-owned buildings (syndics) · Elsene · since 2021
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Abbreviation of Cercle d'Etudes Numismatiques · Other publishing activities, excluding software publishing · Brussel · since 1968
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Abbreviation of ASBL Communauté Educative Lasallienne · Vrij gesubsidieerd gewoon algemeen secundair onderwijs · Sambreville · since 1968
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Abbreviation of Comité Espagne Libre · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1975
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Abbreviation of Comité Européen de Normalisation - European Comittee for Standardization - Europäisches Komitee für Normung · Other technical testing and analysis · Brussel · since 1975
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Abbreviation of Cultureel Erfgoed Leuven · Leuven · since 1987
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Groothandel in schoeisel · Roeselare · since 1992
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Abbreviation of CULTURE - EDUCATION - LOISIRS · Kinderopvang door onthaalouders · Sprimont · since 1992
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Other professional, scientific and technical activities · since 1993
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Abbreviation of Ceinture Energétique Namuroise · Verenigingen en bewegingen voor volwassenen · Namur · since 2021
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Combined facilities support activities · Aarschot · since 2023
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Abbreviation of Centaura · Youth work associations · Kortrijk · since 2024
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Insurance agents and brokers · Zonnebeke · since 2025
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Production of electricity from non-renewable sources · Temse · since 1995
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Elsene · since 2014
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Construction of roads and motorways · Sint-Niklaas · since 2018
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Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2019
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Activities of holding companies · Tournai · since 2005
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Lokeren · since 2024
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Gent · since 1964
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Other cleaning activities · Halen · since 2014
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since 1990
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rome · since 2010
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Abbreviation of Club européen de Natation · Brussel · since 1990