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.
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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
10 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Saint-Ouen l'Aumône · since 2021
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Abbreviation of cercle des etudiants rwandais de belgique et leurs amis · Brussel · since 2007
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Computer programming · Sint-Niklaas · since 2000
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General medical practice · Anderlecht · since 2004
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Ukkel · since 1996
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Abbreviation of Centre d'Enseignement et de Recherche des Industries Alimentaires et Chimiques (Province de Brabant) · Anderlecht · since 1968
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Abbreviation of Etablissements Barette et Cie · Montigny-le-Tilleul · since 1968
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Abbreviation of Cercle de Recherches et d'Etudes archéologiques · Vorst · since 1979
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Abbreviation of Centrum voor Selectie en Bedrijfsadvies · Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 1979
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Landscape service activities · Tielt-Winge · since 2001
Names that resemble it 18 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of CENTRE EVANGELIQUE ROUMAIN DE BRUXELLES · Brussel · since 2007
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Activities of building architects · since 2025
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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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Jette · since 2002
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Aiseau-Presles · since 2016
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Non-scheduled passenger transport by road · since 2026
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Joinery installation · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 1994
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since 1997
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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