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Name check

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.

“CENOIT”

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.

  • CENOIT same name
    Visé · since 2010
  • PENOIT very similar
    Agents and brokers in banking services · Seraing · since 2002
  • BENO-IT very similar
    Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Kortrijk · since 2021
  • General construction of residential buildings · since 2021
  • Hairdressing and barber services · since 1992
  • CYNOIT very similar
    Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Zoersel · since 2007
Names that resemble it 9 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · since 1993
  • CENO similar
    General construction of residential buildings · Machelen (Brab.) · since 2007
  • Computer programming · since 2026
  • Cenob similar
    Name of an establishment of Brepo · Wholesale of wines and spirits · Gent · since 1999
  • CENOB similar
    Full-service restaurants · Nazareth-De Pinte · since 2019
  • CENOR similar
    Groothandel in metalen en metaalertsen · Quaregnon · since 2026
  • CENOGA similar
    Other education · Ukkel · since 2026
  • NOIT similar
    Activities of holding companies · Brugge · since 2020
  • CENOL similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Full-service restaurants · Quaregnon · since 2017

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