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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.

“CERPA”

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  • 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

9 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • CERPA same name
    Mixed farming · Stekene · since 1993
  • CERPA same name
    Activities of holding companies · Meise · since 2018
  • CERPAN very similar
    Abbreviation of Cercle royal pharmaceutique de l'Arrondissement de Nivelles · Business and other management consultancy · Nivelles · since 1912
  • C.E.R.I.A. very similar
    Abbreviation of Centre d'Enseignement et de Recherche des Industries Alimentaires et Chimiques (Province de Brabant) · Anderlecht · since 1968
  • DERPA very similar
    Manufacture of dining room, living room, bedroom and bathroom furniture · Nivelles · since 1979
  • Cerea very similar
    Abbreviation of Cercle de Recherches et d'Etudes archéologiques · Vorst · since 1979
  • VERPA very similar
    Groothandel in reinigingsmiddelen · Laakdal · since 1980
  • CERVA very similar
    Gent · since 2003
  • CERTA very similar
    Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Essen · since 2003
Names that resemble it 25 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • CERP similar
    Abbreviation of CENTRE EUROPEEN DE REPARTITION PHARMACEUTIQUE · Wholesale of pharmaceutical and medical goods · Anderlecht · since 1968
  • CERP similar
    Abbreviation of CENTRO CULTURAL E RECREOTIVA PROTUGIES · Brussel · since 1985
  • CERP similar
    Abbreviation of Centre Evangélique Roumain Philadelphia · Nivelles · since 2025
  • Cocerpa similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Hasselt · since 2022
  • C.E.R.P.S.E. similar
    Abbreviation of Centre d'Education de Rééducation et de Perfectionnement en Sciences Equestres · Villers-le-Bouillet · since 2008
  • CER similar
    Name of an establishment of C.E.R. - CLINICAL ENGINEERING & RESEARCH · Activities of holding companies · Sint-Martens-Latem · since 1983
  • C.E.R. similar
    Name of an establishment of CENTRUM VOOR EUROPEES EN VERGELIJKEND RECHT - LEUVEN · Market research and public opinion polling · Herent · since 1991
  • CER similar
    Abbreviation of Community of European Railway and Infrastructure Companies · Business and other management consultancy · Brussel · since 1996
  • C.E.R. similar
    Abbreviation of CENTRE EUROPEEN DE REEDUCATION · Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Liège · since 1998
  • CER similar
    Abbreviation of CENTRE D'ETUDE DE REFLEXOLOGIE · Elsene · since 1999
  • CER similar
    Abbreviation of Centre for European Reform · Other membership organisations · Brussel · since 2019
  • c.e.r. similar
    Abbreviation of concordia eu-russia · Brussel · since 2009
  • C.E.R. similar
    Wholesale of live animals · Wingene · since 2006
  • CER similar
    Abbreviation of Cœurs En Route · Brussel · since 2025
  • ERPA similar
    Logistics services · Brussel · since 1979
  • ERPA similar
    since 1988
  • ERPA similar
    Machining of metals · Oudenburg · since 1988
  • ERPA similar
    Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · Aalter · since 1995
  • ERPA similar
    Activities of holding companies · Kapellen · since 1999
  • Construction of roads and motorways · since 1995
  • ERPA similar
    Vermogensbeheer · Brecht · since 2014
  • ERPA similar
    Nazareth-De Pinte · since 2006
  • C.E.R. similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Abbreviation of C.E.R. (Constructions Electriques et Radio-électriques) · Evere · since 1938
  • CER similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Dilbeek · since 2016
  • CERP - PRO similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Abbreviation of CENTRE EUROPEEN DES PROFESSIONNELS INTEGRES EN RELATIONS PUBLIQUES · Elsene · since 1996

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