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.
“CERTA”
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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Abbreviation of Etablissements Barette et Cie · Montigny-le-Tilleul · since 1968
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Essen · since 2003
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Elsene · since 1983
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Full-service restaurants · Oostkamp · since 2009
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Name of an establishment of SOUL KITCHEN · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Elsene · since 2012
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Name of an establishment of MARECHAL · Real estate agency activities · Gent · since 2005
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Vervaardiging van elektrische huishoudapparaten · Herentals · since 2006
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Retail sale of lighting equipment · since 2002
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Activities of holding companies · Brussel · since 2000
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Office administrative and support services · Namur · since 2006
Names that resemble it 48 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Assenede · since 2009
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Other printing · As · since 1993
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Insurance agents and brokers · Peer · since 1994
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Name of an establishment of JG INVESTISSEMENTS · Vervaardiging van kleding van leer en van bont · Elsene · since 2017
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Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 2018
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Business and other management consultancy · Harelbeke · since 2022
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Overige kredietverstrekking n.e.g. · Antwerpen · since 2021
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Genk · since 2023
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Genk · since 2007
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Activities of building architects · Lille · since 2022
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Other information service activities · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2008
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Reproductie van opgenomen media · since 2005
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General electrical installation work · since 2025
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Materials recovery from waste · Seneffe · since 1975
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Insurance agents and brokers · Anzegem · since 1992
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Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 1993
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Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2001
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Abbreviation of CONFEDERATION EUROPEENNE DES RADIOS ET TELEVISIONS INDEPENDANTES ET LOCALES · Brussel · since 2002
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Insurance agents and brokers · Dendermonde · since 2002
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Antwerpen · since 2016
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Kortemark · since 2018
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2002
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Other technical testing and analysis · Ternat · since 2023
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Buying and selling of own real estate · since 2009
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Trade name of PITSMC · Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Antwerpen · since 2009
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Insurance agents and brokers · since 2016
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Research and development on biotechnology · Mechelen · since 2012
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Business and other management consultancy · Wingene · since 2006
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Abbreviation of CERTES KWALITEITSMAKELAARS · Leuven · since 2007
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Groothandel in andere motorvoertuigen (> 3,5 ton) · Hoegaarden · since 2007
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Abbreviation of Certim Projects · Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2024
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Le Rheu · since 2026
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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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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Ardooie · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Niklaas · since 2004
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Activiteiten van slachthuizen · Etterbeek · since 2005
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Halle · since 2006
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Name of an establishment of C.Solutions · Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Diepenbeek · since 2016
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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