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.
“Cecan”
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
8 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Kortrijk · since 1976
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Abbreviation of Centre d'Education Canine d'Ans · Villers-le-Bouillet · since 2017
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Neupré · since 2008
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Abbreviation of Cercle d'équitation Cour Au Bois · Equestrian clubs · Braine-le-Château · since 2024
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Etterbeek · since 2000
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Kortrijk · since 1999
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Bricklaying and masonry work · since 2025
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Abbreviation of Centre d'Expression et de Créativité artisanales · Sivry-Rance · since 1991
Names that resemble it 37 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of Carbonisation et Charbons actifs SA · Vélizy-Villacoublay · since 1971
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Abbreviation of CENTRE EDUCATIF CANIN ANDERLECHTOIS · Anderlecht · since 2012
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Other legal services · Sint-Genesius-Rode · since 2007
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Other printing · Roeselare · since 2018
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Abbreviation of Comité Européen des Constructeurs d'Appareillage Electrique d'Installation · Business and other management consultancy · Brussel · since 2019
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Abbreviation of Centre Carolorégien d'Expertise · Charleroi · since 2008
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Business and other management consultancy · Wavre · since 2007
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Abbreviation of Conseil Européen de l'Enseignement par Correspondance-European Council for Education by Correspondence · Gent · since 1963
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Abbreviation of Comite d'Entr'Aide de Crainhem · Kraainem · since 1939
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Abbreviation of Coopération Éducation Culture · Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · Brussel · since 1977
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Abbreviation of Centre d'Education canine des Bourquis · Cafés and bars · Ham-sur-Heure-Nalinnes · since 1983
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Abbreviation of CENTRE DE L'ECOUTE ET DE LA COMMUNICATION · Renting and leasing of cars and light motor vehicles · Charleroi · since 1988
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Abbreviation of CAN AUTOMAT NETWORK · Rotterdam · since 1991
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Schaarbeek · since 1993
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Abbreviation of Conseil européen de coordination pour le développement des essais de performance des combustibles lubrifiants et autres fluides utilises dans les transports · Other research and development on natural sciences · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 1994
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Marche-en-Famenne · since 1996
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Abbreviation of COMMUNICATIONS ET EDITIONS CAMILLE · Book publishing · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 1999
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Abbreviation of CONFEDERATION EUROPEENNE DES CADRES · Vocational training · Brussel · since 2001
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Abbreviation of CERCLE D'ESCRIME CHARLEMAGNE · Ferrières · since 2002
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Abbreviation of Centre d'Education à la citoyenneté · Jette · since 2014
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Abbreviation of CONDROZ ENERGIES CITOYENNES · Other membership organisations · Modave · since 2014
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Abbreviation of CARAVANE DE L'ESPOIR POUR LA CITOYENNETE · since 2018
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Antwerpen · since 2018
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Abbreviation of Création Education Communication · Elsene · since 2019
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Vermogensbeheer · Ieper · since 2006
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Zelzate · since 2019
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Cafés and bars · Verviers · since 2020
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Abbreviation of Ceinture Alimentaire Namuroise · Other membership organisations · Namur · since 2023
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Abbreviation of CENTRE DES EVENEMENTS CULTURELS · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2008
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Landscape service activities · since 2025
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Abbreviation of Camerata Aetas Nova · Leuven · since 2009
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Abbreviation of CENTRE D'AFFAIRES NATALIS · Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Liège · since 2012
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Abbreviation of Confédération Européenne de l'Industrie de la Chaussure · Other business support services · Brussel · since 2004
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Other specialised construction activities · since 2024
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Wholesale of perfume and cosmetics · Saint-Ghislain · since 2002
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Merchtem · since 1984
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Name of an establishment of DEDE CLEANING · Cafés and bars · Schaarbeek · since 2014