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.
“CESAN”
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
17 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Abbreviation of Centre Sportif Académique Namur · Namur · since 2015
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Antwerpen · since 2003
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Abbreviation of CENTRE D'ETUDES EPIDEMIOLOGIQUES ET DE SANTE MENTALE · Anderlecht · since 1984
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Insulation installation · Genappe · since 1990
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Abbreviation of Centre européen d'Aide aux Initiatives économiques rurales · Houyet · since 1992
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Haacht · since 2002
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Abbreviation of Centre de Solidarité et d'Action Madiba · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2013
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 1997
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Full-service restaurants · since 2022
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Abbreviation of COMPAGNIE EUROPEENNE DE SUPPORT ET D'ASSISTANCE AU MANAGEMENT · Other specialised construction activities · WOLWELANGE · since 2002
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Braine-l'Alleud · since 2009
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Computer programming · Durbuy · since 2004
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Other business support services · Floreffe · since 2007
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Full-service restaurants · Brussel · since 2025
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Abbreviation of CENTRE D'EDUCATION SPECIALISE HANDICAP · Activiteiten van dagcentra voor minderjarigen met een mentale handicap, met inbegrip van ambulante hulpverlening · Châtelet · since 1973
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Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1969
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Name of an establishment of CESAR-Neder · Cafés and bars · Evere · since 2014
Names that resemble it 41 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Brussel · since 2001
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Freight transport by road · Zele · since 2011
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Retail sale of hardware, building materials, paint and glass (general range) · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 1971
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Vimercate · since 2002
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Abbreviation of Centre éducatif et social pour Adultes handicapés mentaux · Overige maatschappelijke dienstverlening met huisvesting, n.e.g. · Seraing · since 1989
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Abbreviation of CONFERENCE OF EUROPEAN SCHOOLS FOR ADVANCED ENGINEERING EDUCATION AND RESEARCH · Hoger onderwijs, n.e.g. · Leuven · since 1990
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Groothandel in machines voor de mijnbouw, de bouwnijverheid en de weg- en waterbouw · Brasschaat · since 1996
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Retail sale of other cultural and recreation goods · Knokke-Heist · since 2018
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Day spas, saunas and steam baths · Juprelle · since 2007
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Oupeye · since 2024
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Abbreviation of Communauté Européenne des Sans-Abri · Brussel · since 1954
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Abbreviation of Belgische Vereniging van Constructeurs en Extrasportieven · Aartselaar · since 1965
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Abbreviation of Communication Executive Search · Brussel · since 1972
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Abbreviation of Association belge des Constructeurs et Firmes Extrasportives · Zedelgem · since 1965
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Hasselt · since 1984
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Abbreviation of DSI Dantech · Vervaardiging van machines en apparaten voor klimaatregeling, voor niet-huishoudelijk gebruik · Kortrijk · since 1988
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Abbreviation of CERCLE EQUESTRE DU JONCKEU · Operation of sports facilities · Theux · since 1997
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Abbreviation of CENTRE EUROPEEN DE SANTE · Oudergem · since 1997
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Abbreviation of CONSUMER ELECTRO SERVICE · Reparatie en onderhoud van consumentenelektronica · Lier · since 1999
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Abbreviation of COORDINATION-ETUDES-SUIVI · Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Oupeye · since 2015
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Abbreviation of CIVIL ENGINEERING SERVICE · Groothandel in machines voor de mijnbouw, de bouwnijverheid en de weg- en waterbouw · Boussu · since 2015
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Abbreviation of LES COPAINS DE L'ETANG DES SARTS · Hotton · since 2019
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Abbreviation of Creative Events Services · Other business support services · Antwerpen · since 2021
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Abbreviation of Crescendo Events and School · Sambreville · since 2023
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Abbreviation of Confiance en soi · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2011
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Name of an establishment of CHRISTIAENS ENERGY SERVICES · Other business support services · Aalter · since 2012
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Bosbouw en bosbouwactiviteiten · since 2022
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Abbreviation of Core Engineering Services · Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Elsene · since 2024
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Abbreviation of Conseil en économie de la santé · Market research and public opinion polling · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 2025
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Abbreviation of COMMUNAUTE d'ENERGIE SYPRA · Productie van elektriciteit uit hernieuwbare bronnen · Liège · since 2026
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Cultural education · Tervuren · since 2017
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2017
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Full-service restaurants · since 2022
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Specialist medical practice · Ukkel · since 2020
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Name of an establishment of BACCS · Full-service restaurants · Gent · since 2022
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since 2023
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Office administrative and support services · Knokke-Heist · since 2024
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2025
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Abbreviation of Cercle Equestre de Spa · Operation of sports facilities · Theux · since 1969
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Abbreviation of Centrale Européenne de Services · Vervaardiging van houten emballage · Charleroi · since 1993
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Retail sale of motorcycles and motorcycle parts and accessories · since 2018