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
19 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Abbreviation of Centre d'Etudes et de Recherches des Isolants minéraux · Liedekerke · since 1978
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Market research and public opinion polling · Namur · since 1991
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Antwerpen · since 1997
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Abbreviation of CENTRE D'IMAGERIE MEDICALE ET DE RADIOLOGIE · Medical imaging and medical laboratories · Mons · since 2008
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Development of residential building projects · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 1992
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Materials recovery from waste · Lummen · since 2004
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Activities of holding companies · Izegem · since 2007
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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 Centre d'Etude et de Recherche interdisciplinaire du Spectacle · Elsene · since 1974
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Steinfort 8413 · since 1998
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Abbreviation of Centre Européen de Recherches Internationales et Stratégiques · Hoger onderwijs, n.e.g. · Elsene · since 2016
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 1987
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Rust- en verzorgingstehuizen (RVT) · Brussel · since 1988
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Paris · since 1992
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Office administrative and support services · Hasselt · since 2021
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Specialist medical practice · Rixensart · since 2023
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Insurance agents and brokers · since 2016
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Abbreviation of Certim Projects · Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2024
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Abbreviation of Centre d'Etudes de Services et de Ressources sur l'immigration musulmanne · Herstal · since 1990
Names that resemble it 43 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of Centre d'Etudes ergonomiques et de Recherches industrielles · Brussel · since 1980
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Abbreviation of CLIMATISATION - ELECTRICITE - REFRIGERATION ET ISOLATION · General electrical installation work · Gembloux · since 1989
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Abbreviation of Centre européen des Relations industrielles · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 1996
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Screed work · since 1998
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Antwerpen · since 1985
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Brussel · since 1994
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Elsene · since 1981
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Pre-press and pre-media services · Cerfontaine · since 1990
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Abbreviation of Centre européen de Recherche et d'Information sur le Cinéma et l'Audiovisuel - Europees Centrum voor Onderzoek en Informatie over Film en Televisie · Vorst · since 1991
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Business and other management consultancy · Oud-Turnhout · since 2002
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Trieste · since 2014
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Activities of holding companies · Oostende · since 2016
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Destelbergen · since 2018
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Abbreviation of Cercle de Reflexion sur l'islam en europe · Brussel · since 2019
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Business and other management consultancy · Brussel · since 2020
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Trade name of KINDEROPVANG RSL · Other business support services · Roeselare · since 2023
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Full-service restaurants · Lochristi · since 2010
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Physiotherapy · since 2004
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Name of an establishment of Manome · Activities of holding companies · Lievegem · since 2008
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Growing of vegetables, melons, roots and tubers · Torhout · since 2024
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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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Name of an establishment · General construction of residential buildings · Ronse · since 1980
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Real estate agency activities · Beersel · since 1990
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Groothandel in overige bouwmaterialen · Menen · since 1990
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Growing of pome and stone fruits · Eghezée · since 2000
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Lanaken · since 2020
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Psychology services · since 2024
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Production of electricity from non-renewable sources · Heusden-Zolder · since 2009
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Business and other management consultancy · Wommelgem · since 2011
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Business and other management consultancy · Gembloux · since 2024
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Kapellen · since 2024
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Antwerpen · since 2025
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Abbreviation of Centre d'Etudes de Recherches et d'Installations Oléo-Hydrauliques · Namur · since 1962
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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