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.
“Ceci, Sam”
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
7 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Literary creation · since 2024
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Abbreviation of Compagnie Européenne de Constructions Immobilières · Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Elsene · since 1959
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Graphic design and visual communication · Kalmthout · since 2019
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 2025
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Abbreviation of CENTRALE EQUIPEMENT CARROSSERIE INDUSTRIELLE · Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Etterbeek · since 2026
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Abbreviation of Comptoir d'Echanges Commerciaux Internationaux · Elsene · since 1966
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Abbreviation of Centre Européen de Commerce et Industrie · Jette · since 1974
Names that resemble it 11 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Book publishing · since 2023
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Abbreviation of CENTRE D'ETUDES EPIDEMIOLOGIQUES ET DE SANTE MENTALE · Anderlecht · since 1984
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Abbreviation of Centre de Solidarité et d'Action Madiba · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2013
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Name of an establishment of WAKO TAKO · Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Mortsel · since 2020
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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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Abbreviation of Complexe Educatif Culturel Islamique de Verviers · Activities of religious organisations · Verviers · since 2004
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Computer programming · Durbuy · since 2004
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Abbreviation of Cercle des Entrepreneurs, Commerçants et Indépendants Gesvois · Gesves · since 2026
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Full-service restaurants · Hasselt · since 1992
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Manufacture of outerwear · since 2024
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Abbreviation of Chambre européenne ppur le Développement du Commerce, de l'Industrie, des Finances · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 1973