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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.

“XERIUM”

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.

  • XERIUM same name
    Business and other management consultancy · Brussel · since 2025
  • Retail sale of information and communication equipment · since 2005
  • Agents in the wholesale of textiles, clothing, fur, footwear and leather goods · since 2015
  • XIRIUM very similar
    Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 2018
  • CERIUM very similar
    Office administrative and support services · Hasselt · since 2021
  • XERTUM very similar
    Other education · Destelbergen · since 2006
  • VERIUM very similar
    Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Nassogne · since 2024
  • Nerium very similar
    Activities of holding companies · Beersel · since 2025
Names that resemble it 7 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • Plumbing work · since 2026
  • XerIT similar
    Computer programming · Berlaar · since 2016
  • XERIOS similar
    Buying and selling of own real estate · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 1989
  • Xerion similar
    Agents in the wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco · Lint · since 2017
  • XERIAS similar
    Computer programming · Lochristi · since 2011
  • XERINI similar
    Oudsbergen · since 2008
  • RIUM similar
    Activiteiten van pret- en themaparken · Lasne · since 2015

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