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Type the name you want to use. You see at once whether an active company already has the same or a similar name, and whether it works in your sector.

“Chefim”

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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Same or very similar names

4 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • Chefim same name
    On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · Machelen (Brab.) · since 2026
  • CHEFIMMO very similar
    Other legal services · Verviers · since 2000
  • CEFIM very similar
    Abbreviation of Centre d'Etude et de Formations Immobilières · Vocational training · Wavre · since 2014
  • Sole trader very similar
    Event catering · since 2023
Names that resemble it 17 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • CHEF similar
    Full-service restaurants · Wetteren · since 2014
  • CH-EF similar
    Manufacture of ceramic household and ornamental articles · Antwerpen · since 2019
  • Sole trader similar
    Event catering · since 2018
  • CHEFA similar
    Other business support services · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 2018
  • Sole trader similar
    Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2022
  • CHEFF similar
    Abbreviation of Pixiels- Fédération des jeunes Queer de Belgique · Youth work associations · Namur · since 2012
  • CHEFS similar
    Event catering · Lier · since 2012
  • Sole trader similar
    Event catering · since 2025
  • CHEFF's similar
    Full-service restaurants · Middelkerke · since 2018
  • CHEF AD similar
    Cafés and bars · Schaarbeek · since 2020
  • Cheff's similar
    Other retail sale of food · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2021
  • CHEFFI similar
    Activities of holding companies · Malmedy · since 2022
  • CHEFAR similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Heers · since 2004
  • Sole trader similar
    Other business support services · since 2025
  • Chef Jr similar
    Mobile food service activities · Kapellen · since 2025
  • Chef XU similar
    Full-service restaurants · Saint-Georges-sur-Meuse · since 2025
  • EFIM similar
    Abbreviation of EUROPESE FEDERATIE VAN INWENDIGE GENEESKUNDE · Specialist medical practice · Zaventem · since 1996

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. A name can be free in the register and still be protected as a trademark. Trademarks are searched in the 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.

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