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.
“CERTESO”
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
5 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Halen · since 1998
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Abbreviation of CERTES KWALITEITSMAKELAARS · Leuven · since 2007
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Activities of holding companies · Antwerpen · since 2006
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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
Names that resemble it 16 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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Stabroek · since 1999
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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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Activiteiten van slachthuizen · Etterbeek · since 2005
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Assenede · since 2009
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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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Elsene · since 1983
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Essen · since 2003
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Vervaardiging van elektromotoren en van elektrische generatoren en transformatoren · Oudsbergen · since 2017
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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