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.
“CENTRO”
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
14 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
-
Real estate agency activities · Brugge · since 2009
-
Turnhout · since 1989
-
Name of an establishment of SOMEP · Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Vorst · since 2012
-
Physiotherapy · Staden · since 2024
-
Activities of business and employers' organisations · Etterbeek · since 2006
-
Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Izegem · since 1993
-
Abbreviation of Centre neurophysiologique Floréal · Ukkel · since 1996
-
Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 1991
-
Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 1977
-
Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 1974
-
Elsene · since 1986
-
Computer programming · Hasselt · since 2009
-
Computer programming · Beerse · since 2010
-
Elsene · since 1972
Names that resemble it 46 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
-
Warehousing and storage · Court-Saint-Etienne · since 1968
-
Wholesale of agricultural produce and animal feed, general range · Estinnes · since 1999
-
Name of an establishment of TARAFA · Dental practice · Maasmechelen · since 2019
-
Name of an establishment of Commune de Welkenraedt · Gemeentelijke overheid, met uitzondering van het OCMW · Welkenraedt · since 1969
-
Abbreviation of VAN VRACEM - VAN BRABANT · Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Antwerpen · since 1960
-
Izegem · since 1968
-
Antwerpen · since 1957
-
Abbreviation of Handelaars Centrum · Leuven · since 1975
-
Performing arts by artistic ensembles · La Louvière · since 1977
-
Antwerpen · since 1982
-
Name of an establishment of LINEA · Full-service restaurants · Pelt · since 1984
-
Lier · since 1989
-
Abbreviation of Cultureel Centrum Ter Schelde · Antwerpen · since 1990
-
Activities of holding companies · Ieper · since 1990
-
Ukkel · since 1994
-
Name of an establishment of PATLOCK · Wholesale of beverages, general range · New Castle Country · since 1997
-
Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Antwerpen · since 1997
-
Abbreviation of CENTREXPERTS · Risk and damage evaluation · Rixensart · since 1998
-
Activities of business and employers' organisations · La Louvière · since 1998
-
Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · Leuven · since 1999
-
Name of an establishment of LIMBURGSE BROODJESBAR · Full-service restaurants · Rijkevorsel · since 2002
-
Activities of building architects · Brakel · since 2002
-
Wired, wireless and satellite telecommunications · Kalmthout · since 2002
-
Groothandel in vloer- en wandtegels · Antwerpen · since 2012
-
Other professional, scientific and technical activities · Hoogstraten · since 2014
-
Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Hooglede · since 2014
-
Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 2016
-
General electrical installation work · Poperinge · since 2016
-
Repair and maintenance of machinery · since 2026
-
Other postal and courier activities · Haaltert · since 2018
-
Full-service restaurants
-
Retail sale of motorcycles and motorcycle parts and accessories · since 1998
-
Retail sale of pharmaceutical products · Gent · since 2021
-
Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · Aalst · since 2022
-
Sports and recreation education · Antwerpen · since 2023
-
Cafés and bars · since 2023
-
Cafés and bars · since 2011
-
Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2011
-
Full-service restaurants · since 1976
-
Full-service restaurants · since 1983
-
Full-service restaurants · since 1985
-
Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 2005
-
Braine-le-Comte · since 2007
-
Full-service restaurants · Zaventem · since 2025
-
Abbreviation of Centrale d'Achat pour Distribution Produits Alimentaires Surgelés et Autres · Brussel · since 1966
-
Retie · since 1977