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.
“CERATEC”
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
7 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Vervaardiging van hijs-, hef- en transportwerktuigen · Comines-Warneton · since 1986
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Agents in the wholesale of timber and building materials · Soumagne · since 2005
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Abbreviation of ELECTRONICAL and MECHANICAL ASSEMBLIES & TECHNOLOGIES · Wholesale of electrical equipment, including installation materials · Aalst · since 1991
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Electrical installation work in industrial facilities · Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 2013
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General electrical installation work · Anderlecht · since 2020
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Kalmthout · since 2024
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Roeselare · since 2024
Names that resemble it 23 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Name of an establishment of HOSDEY ET CO · Schaarbeek · since 1982
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Abbreviation of Centre d'Education et de Réadaptation au Travail · Vocational training · Tournai · since 1993
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Floor and wall tiling · Soumagne · since 2013
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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 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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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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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Liège · since 1990
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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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Other education · Spa · 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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Vervaardiging van kunststofartikelen voor de bouw · Beringen · since 1999
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Cherbourg-en-Cotentin · since 2012
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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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Repair and maintenance of machinery · Eeklo · since 2020
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Screed work · Wetteren · since 2023
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General electrical installation work · Zaventem · since 2024
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Other manufacturing not elsewhere classified · since 2026
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Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 1991