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.
“CERRIS”
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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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Leuven · since 2015
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Abbreviation of Centre d'Etude et de Recherche interdisciplinaire du Spectacle · Elsene · since 1974
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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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Abbreviation of Communauté d'énergie renouvelable Soleil de Rixensart · Rixensart · since 2026
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Construction of utility projects for electricity and telecommunications · Gent · since 1973
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Insurance agents and brokers · Anzegem · since 1992
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Abbreviation of BLUE ONE MANAGEMENT · Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Brussel · since 1993
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Production of cinema films · Brussel · since 2011
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Business and other management consultancy · Mechelen · since 2003
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Le Rheu · since 2026
Names that resemble it 13 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Specialist medical practice · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2020
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since 1973
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2012
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Abbreviation of CENTRE ON REGULATION IN EUROPE · Vocational training · Elsene · since 2010
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Elsene · since 1981
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Pre-press and pre-media services · Cerfontaine · since 1990
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Maasmechelen · since 2000
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Abbreviation of Cercle de Reflexion sur l'islam en europe · Brussel · since 2019
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Trade name of KINDEROPVANG RSL · Other business support services · Roeselare · since 2023
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Other business support services · Affligem · 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