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.
“CEPEGEM”
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
1 registered enterprise with a name easily confused with yours.
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Activities of holding companies · Ukkel · since 1996
Names that resemble it 10 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Machining of metals · Torhout · since 2005
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Abbreviation of COMPAGNIE EUROPEENNE DE PARTICIPATION ,D'ETUDES ET DE GESTION · ECHOUBOULAINS · since 2008
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Abbreviation of Centre d'Etude et de Promotion de l'Entreprise · Brussel · since 1969
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Abbreviation of Conseil Européen de l'Industrie des Peintures, des Encres d'Imprimerie et des Couleurs d'Art · Market research and public opinion polling · Oudergem · since 1979
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Vorst · since 1993
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Abbreviation of Christian European Parents - Parents Européens Chrétiens · Leuven · since 1987
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Abbreviation of Centrum voor Promotie van Eigentijdse Kunst · Brussel · since 1988
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Retail sale of cosmetics and toilet articles · since 2013
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Construction of utility projects for electricity and telecommunications · since 2015
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Repair and maintenance of other personal and household goods · Jette · since 2018