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.
“CETRACO”
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
22 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Logistics services · Antwerpen · since 1976
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Event catering · Genappe · since 1990
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Name of an establishment of BETRACO - Belgian Trading Company · Non-specialised wholesale trade · Anderlecht · since 1984
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Abbreviation of EUROPEAN TRADE AND CONSULTING · Oudergem · since 1991
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Activities of holding companies · Torhout · since 2019
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Abbreviation of Eurotrade · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 1968
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Development of residential building projects · Waasmunster · since 1976
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Wholesale of information and communication equipment · Ath · since 1983
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Brugge · since 1986
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Merksplas · since 1990
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Handelsbemiddeling in de groothandel in brandstoffen, ertsen, metalen en chemische producten · Deinze · since 1992
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Abbreviation of TECHNIQUES ET TRAVAUX DE CONSTRUCTIONS · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 1993
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Groothandel in metalen en metaalertsen · Kortrijk · since 1993
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Site preparation · since 2018
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Site preparation · Jalhay · since 2019
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Vervaardiging van overige machines en apparaten voor algemeen gebruik, n.e.g. · Antwerpen · since 2011
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Retail sale of motor vehicle parts and accessories · since 1973
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Non-specialised wholesale trade · since 1976
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Business and other management consultancy · Brugge · since 2024
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Dessel · since 1964
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Eupen · since 1975
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Abbreviation of Gestions, Transactions, Contacts, Organisations, Représentation commerciale, administrative et immobilière · Chaudfontaine · since 1989
Names that resemble it 10 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Employment placement agencies · Paris · since 1987
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Etterbeek · since 2025
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Sawmilling and planing of wood · Assenede · since 2013
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Activities of holding companies · Sint-Truiden · since 2022
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Name of an establishment of BASALECO · Agents in the wholesale of industrial machinery, ships and aircraft · Genk · since 2010
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Abbreviation of Conceptions, Etudes et Réalisations immobilières · Ittre · since 1967
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Abbreviation of Entreprises générales de Travaux et de Constructions · Etterbeek · since 1956
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Geel · since 1975
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Sawmilling and planing of wood · Anderlecht · since 1993
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Construction of roads and motorways · Villers-la-Ville · since 1999