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.
“CERAP”
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
15 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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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
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Cherbourg-en-Cotentin · since 2012
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Abbreviation of Centre d'Etudes et de Recherches d'Architecture et d'Urbanisme · Activities of building architects · Elsene · since 1980
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Abbreviation of Centre d'Etude, de Recherche et d'Action en Archtitecture · Activities of building architects · Brussel · since 1982
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Name of an establishment of HOSDEY ET CO · Schaarbeek · since 1982
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Wholesale of agricultural produce and animal feed, general range · Ans · since 1985
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Abbreviation of Centre d'Etude, de Recherche et d'Animation culturelle · Eghezée · since 1986
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Abbreviation of Centre de Recherches et d'Aide aux Familles · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1989
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Other education · Spa · since 1993
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Abbreviation of Centre d'Education et de Réadaptation au Travail · Vocational training · Tournai · since 1993
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Abbreviation of Centre d'Etudes et de Recherches enArt moderne et contemporain · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 1994
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Manufacture of medical and dental instruments and supplies · since 1992
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Bonheiden · since 2017
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Other manufacturing not elsewhere classified · since 2026
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Abbreviation of Centre d'Etude et de Renforcement de Capacités - Bruxelles · since 2007
Names that resemble it 36 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Activities of holding companies · Leuven · since 1935
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Abbreviation of CABINET D'EXPERTISE RADIOLOGIQUES D'AVISTER · Specialist medical practice · Esneux · since 2007
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Abbreviation of Centre de Recherche et d'Action pour des Projets en Social Santé · Verenigingen op het vlak van ziektepreventie en gezondheidsbevordering · Vorst · since 2001
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Floor and wall tiling · Blégny · since 2022
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Abbreviation of Centrum voor Rampengeneeskunde en Rampenmanagement · Leuven · since 1992
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Abbreviation of CENTRE DE RECHERCHE APPLIQUEE ET DE DEVELOPPEMENTS INDUSTRIELS · Market research and public opinion polling · Olne · since 1997
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Washing and cleaning of motor vehicles · since 2023
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Activities of holding companies · Torhout · since 2019
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Deinze · since 2021
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Growing of pome and stone fruits · Waremme · since 2011
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Name of an establishment of CERASA AGRO · Guest rooms (bed and breakfast) · Poperinge · since 2007
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Dental practice · Kalmthout · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of C.E.R. - CLINICAL ENGINEERING & RESEARCH · Activities of holding companies · Sint-Martens-Latem · since 1983
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Name of an establishment of CENTRUM VOOR EUROPEES EN VERGELIJKEND RECHT - LEUVEN · Market research and public opinion polling · Herent · since 1991
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Abbreviation of Community of European Railway and Infrastructure Companies · Business and other management consultancy · Brussel · since 1996
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Abbreviation of CENTRE EUROPEEN DE REEDUCATION · Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Liège · since 1998
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Abbreviation of CENTRE D'ETUDE DE REFLEXOLOGIE · Elsene · since 1999
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Abbreviation of Centre for European Reform · Other membership organisations · Brussel · since 2019
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Abbreviation of concordia eu-russia · Brussel · since 2009
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Wholesale of live animals · Wingene · since 2006
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Abbreviation of Cœurs En Route · Brussel · since 2025
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Vervaardiging van artikelen van beton voor de bouw · Zottegem · since 1979
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Retail sale of hardware, building materials, paint and glass (general range) · Zaventem · since 1980
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Vervaardiging van hijs-, hef- en transportwerktuigen · Comines-Warneton · since 1986
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Vervaardiging van kunststofartikelen voor de bouw · Seneffe · since 1990
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Sombreffe · since 1992
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Boechout · since 2014
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Wholesale of pharmaceutical and medical goods · since 1995
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Dental practice · Seneffe · since 2008
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Floor and wall tiling · Sint-Pieters-Leeuw · since 2004
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Other building finishing work · Vorst · since 2007
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Full-service restaurants · Herk-de-Stad · since 2025
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Detailhandel in houten bouw- en tuinmaterialen · Waterloo · since 2025
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Abbreviation of Centre d'Etudes et de Recherches sur l'Afrique du Sahara et Sabel · Aubange · since 1993
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Abbreviation of C.E.R. (Constructions Electriques et Radio-électriques) · Evere · since 1938
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Dilbeek · since 2016