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.
“certia”
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
17 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Office administrative and support services · Namur · since 2006
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Elsene · since 1983
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Full-service restaurants · Oostkamp · since 2009
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Name of an establishment of MARECHAL · Real estate agency activities · Gent · since 2005
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Name of an establishment of TERCOREN · Other professional, scientific and technical activities · Flémalle · since 2023
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Activities of holding companies · Binche · since 2026
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Insurance agents and brokers · Anzegem · since 1992
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Abbreviation of CONFEDERATION EUROPEENNE DES RADIOS ET TELEVISIONS INDEPENDANTES ET LOCALES · Brussel · since 2002
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2002
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Buying and selling of own real estate · since 2009
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Trade name of PITSMC · Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Antwerpen · since 2009
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Insurance agents and brokers · since 2016
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Business and other management consultancy · Wingene · since 2006
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Abbreviation of Certim Projects · Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2024
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Le Rheu · since 2026
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Wholesale of information and communication equipment · since 2007
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Zulte · since 2026
Names that resemble it 39 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Name of an establishment of B.M.I. CONCEPT · Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Brussel · since 1981
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Gent · since 1996
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Other technical testing and analysis · since 2025
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Wired, wireless and satellite telecommunications · Brussel · since 2016
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Other technical testing and analysis · Lokeren · since 2019
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Agents and brokers in banking services · Vosselaar · since 2021
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Other technical testing and analysis · Sint-Truiden · since 2022
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Assenede · since 2009
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Abbreviation of Kot Certino · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 2010
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Activities of holding companies · Beringen · since 2010
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Lummen · since 2011
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Name of an establishment of Algemene Certificaten voor Elektriciteit & Gas · Other technical testing and analysis · Grimbergen · since 2011
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General construction of other non-residential buildings · Mouscron · since 2012
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Halle · since 2006
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Other specialised construction activities · since 2007
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Other professional, scientific and technical activities · Dendermonde · since 2023
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · since 2024
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General medical practice · Hasselt · since 1967
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Brussel · since 1991
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Business and other management consultancy · Waasmunster · since 2015
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Insurance agents and brokers · Essen · since 2016
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Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Brussel · since 2019
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Land surveying · La Louvière · since 2019
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Name of an establishment · Business and other management consultancy · Brussel · since 2019
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Business and other management consultancy · Hamois · since 2020
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Chaudfontaine · since 2022
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Other information service activities · Antwerpen · since 2023
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Other professional, scientific and technical activities · Oudenaarde · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Jette · since 2011
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Name of an establishment · Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2012
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Namur · since 2012
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Trade name of CERTIFER BELGORAIL · Other technical testing and analysis · Brussel · since 2004
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Business and other management consultancy · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2005
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Name of an establishment · Development of residential building projects · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2005
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Other professional, scientific and technical activities · Oostkamp · since 2024
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Aywaille · since 2025
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · since 2026
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Beloeil · since 2011
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Brussel · since 1979