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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.

“B-OPS”

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

3 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • B.O.P.S. same name
    Abbreviation of NOVAKOMENKO · Other information technology and computer services · Zoersel · since 1998
  • BOPS same name
    Vervaardiging van kunststofartikelen voor de bouw · Theux · since 2003
  • B-OPS same name
    Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Mechelen · since 2024
Names that resemble it 17 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • BOOP'S similar
    Name of an establishment of SENDIAM · Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · Bonheiden · since 1985
  • B.O.P. similar
    Retail sale of prescription glasses, lenses and sunglasses · Liège · since 1983
  • BOp similar
    Abbreviation of Brussels Ouderenplatform · Retail sale of beverages, general range · Brussel · since 1987
  • BOP similar
    Abbreviation of TADOM · Wholesale of beverages, general range · Charleroi · since 2015
  • B.O.P. similar
    Abbreviation of Belgium Old Panthers · Activiteiten van overige balsportclubs · Chaudfontaine · since 2022
  • BOP similar
    Abbreviation of Belgian Offshore Platform · Activities of business and employers' organisations · Brussel · since 2011
  • General construction of residential buildings · since 2015
  • BOPI similar
    Abbreviation of Bureau d'organisation et de promotions immobilières · Travel agency activities · Braine-l'Alleud · since 1982
  • BOPA similar
    Aalter · since 1992
  • BOPA similar
    Abbreviation of Bruno Otten Press Associates · News agency activities · Herentals · since 1997
  • B.O.P.A. similar
    Wholesale of information and communication equipment · Knokke-Heist · since 1997
  • BOPA similar
    Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Izegem · since 2012
  • BOPU similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Ravels · since 2005
  • BOPE similar
    Plastering work · Ham · since 2006
  • since 1981
  • Advertising agencies · since 1987
  • BOP similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Abbreviation of Bocklandt en Partners, Marketing en Reklame · Gent · since 1977

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