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.
“CERTESA”
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
6 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Activities of holding companies · Antwerpen · since 2006
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Abbreviation of CERTES KWALITEITSMAKELAARS · Leuven · since 2007
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Halen · since 1998
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Business and other management consultancy · Kontich · since 2016
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Stabroek · since 1999
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Liège · since 1984
Names that resemble it 22 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Materials recovery from waste · Seneffe · since 1975
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Groothandel in andere motorvoertuigen (> 3,5 ton) · Hoegaarden · since 2007
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Abbreviation of CENTRE DE RESSOURCES TECHNOLOGIQUES EN CHIMIE · Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Seneffe · since 1999
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Diest · 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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Brussel · since 2001
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Assenede · since 2009
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Freight transport by road · Zele · since 2011
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Ittre · since 2013
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Ardooie · since 2003
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Abbreviation of Etablissements Barette et Cie · Montigny-le-Tilleul · since 1968
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Abbreviation of Centre d'Etudes pour la Recherche Sociale Appliquee · Ukkel · since 1961
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Abbreviation of CENTRE EUROPEEN D'ETUDES POUR LA SANTE ANIMALE - EUROPEAN ANIMAL HEALTH STUDY CENTER · Other research and development on natural sciences · Elsene · since 1983
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Elsene · since 1983
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Vervaardiging van ijzer en staal en van ferrolegeringen · Mouscron · since 1989
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Essen · since 2003
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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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Abbreviation of Communauté d'énergie renouvelable "Soleil d'Aubange" · Handel in elektriciteit · Aubange · since 2024