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.
“Cromen”
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
10 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Activities of holding companies · Sint-Niklaas · since 2010
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Plumbing work · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2015
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Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 2019
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2005
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Cafés and bars · Roeselare · since 2005
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Cafés and bars · since 2025
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Activiteiten van incasso- en kredietbureaus · Knokke-Heist · since 1999
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Leuven · since 2015
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Wholesale of perfume and cosmetics · Wevelgem · since 2015
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Travel agency activities · since 1994
Names that resemble it 12 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Machining of metals · Seraing · since 1988
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Abbreviation of CENTRE DE REEDUCATION ORTHOPHONIQUE MORIS · Libramont-Chevigny · since 2016
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Abbreviation of Cercle de Romanes de l'Université Libre de Bruxelles · Brussel · since 2011
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Vervaardiging van buizen, pijpen, holle profielen en fittings daarvoor, van staal · Zelzate · since 2009
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Sawmilling and planing of wood · Pajottegem · since 2021
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Repair and maintenance of furniture and upholstery · since 2024
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2022
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Site preparation · Soignies · since 2020
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Cutting, shaping and finishing of stone · Brussel · since 1982
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Other business support services · Kuurne · since 2022
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Activities of lawyers · since 2025
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Activities of holding companies · Antwerpen · since 1991