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Compared with the KBO register · free

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.

“Cerima - IMC”

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.

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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

3 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • Cerima - IMC same name
    Brussel · since 1994
  • CERIMA very similar
    Materials recovery from waste · Lummen · since 2004
  • CERIMA very similar
    Activities of holding companies · Izegem · since 2007
Names that resemble it 9 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • Cerim similar
    Abbreviation of Centre d'Etudes et de Recherches des Isolants minéraux · Liedekerke · since 1978
  • CERIM similar
    Market research and public opinion polling · Namur · since 1991
  • CERIM similar
    Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Antwerpen · since 1997
  • CERIM similar
    Abbreviation of CENTRE D'IMAGERIE MEDICALE ET DE RADIOLOGIE · Medical imaging and medical laboratories · Mons · since 2008
  • Cerimo similar
    Development of residential building projects · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 1992
  • C.E.R.I. similar
    Abbreviation of Centre d'Etudes ergonomiques et de Recherches industrielles · Brussel · since 1980
  • CERI similar
    Abbreviation of CLIMATISATION - ELECTRICITE - REFRIGERATION ET ISOLATION · General electrical installation work · Gembloux · since 1989
  • C.E.R.I. similar
    Abbreviation of Centre européen des Relations industrielles · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 1996
  • CERI similar
    Screed work · since 1998

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