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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.

“CERABLE”

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

4 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • CERABLE same name
    Full-service restaurants · Herk-de-Stad · since 2025
  • CE-ABLE very similar
    Abbreviation of Committee of European Accredited Bodies & Laboratories in Electro-technics · Zaventem · since 1998
  • ERABLE very similar
    Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Tournai · since 2024
  • Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 2020
Names that resemble it 19 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • CERA-BAT similar
    Floor and wall tiling · Sint-Pieters-Leeuw · since 2004
  • Cera similar
    Activities of holding companies · Leuven · since 1935
  • C.E.R.A. similar
    Abbreviation of CABINET D'EXPERTISE RADIOLOGIQUES D'AVISTER · Specialist medical practice · Esneux · since 2007
  • Cerabati similar
    Abbreviation of Compagnie Générale de la Céramique du Batiment · Paris · since 1921
  • Manufacture of imitation jewellery and related articles · since 2024
  • CERAU similar
    Abbreviation of Centre d'Etudes et de Recherches d'Architecture et d'Urbanisme · Activities of building architects · Elsene · since 1980
  • C.E.R.A.A similar
    Abbreviation of Centre d'Etude, de Recherche et d'Action en Archtitecture · Activities of building architects · Brussel · since 1982
  • CERAT similar
    Name of an establishment of HOSDEY ET CO · Schaarbeek · since 1982
  • CERAL similar
    Wholesale of agricultural produce and animal feed, general range · Ans · since 1985
  • C.E.R.A.C. similar
    Abbreviation of Centre d'Etude, de Recherche et d'Animation culturelle · Eghezée · since 1986
  • CERAF similar
    Abbreviation of Centre de Recherches et d'Aide aux Familles · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1989
  • CERAP similar
    Abbreviation of Centre d'Etudes et de Recherches en Administration publique de l'Université libre de Bruxelles · Speur- en ontwikkelingswerk op het gebied van de maatschappij- en geesteswetenschappen · Brussel · since 1992
  • CERAN similar
    Other education · Spa · since 1993
  • CERAT similar
    Abbreviation of Centre d'Education et de Réadaptation au Travail · Vocational training · Tournai · since 1993
  • CERAM similar
    Abbreviation of Centre d'Etudes et de Recherches enArt moderne et contemporain · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 1994
  • CERAP similar
    Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Cherbourg-en-Cotentin · since 2012
  • Manufacture of medical and dental instruments and supplies · since 1992
  • CERAX similar
    Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Bonheiden · since 2017
  • Other manufacturing not elsewhere classified · since 2026

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