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.
“CETRIM”
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
12 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Paris · since 1992
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Specialist medical practice · Rixensart · since 2023
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Abbreviation of Conceptions, Etudes et Réalisations immobilières · Ittre · since 1967
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Abbreviation of Centre d'Etudes et de Recherches des Isolants minéraux · Liedekerke · since 1978
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Market research and public opinion polling · Namur · since 1991
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Abbreviation of CETIM PROJECTS · Real estate agency activities · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 1996
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Antwerpen · since 1997
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Abbreviation of CENTRE D'IMAGERIE MEDICALE ET DE RADIOLOGIE · Medical imaging and medical laboratories · Mons · since 2008
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 1987
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Awans · since 1987
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Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 1990
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Abbreviation of Centre d'Etudes de Services et de Ressources sur l'immigration musulmanne · Herstal · since 1990
Names that resemble it 7 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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centelles (BARCELONE) · since 1972
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centelles · since 2009
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Employment placement agencies · Paris · since 1987
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Renting and leasing of cars and light motor vehicles · Asse · since 2022
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Other business support services · since 1994
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Pet care services, excluding veterinary services · since 2022
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Kortrijk · since 2008