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.
“KORTHO”
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
12 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Specialist medical practice · Bonheiden · since 2019
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Dental practice · Antwerpen · since 2021
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Dental practice · Walhain · since 2024
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Specialist medical practice · Gent · since 2025
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Roofing work · since 1994
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Manufacture of medical and dental instruments and supplies · Harelbeke · since 2012
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Vervaardiging van bestralingsapparatuur en van elektromedische en elektrotherapeutische apparatuur · since 1982
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Activities of holding companies · Kortrijk · since 2023
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Name of ORTO · Sint-Agatha-Berchem · since 2026
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Retail sale of wines and spirits · Tervuren · since 2009
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Dental practice · Alken · since 2023
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Manufacture of medical and dental instruments and supplies · Oudenaarde · since 2025
Names that resemble it 14 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of KEEP ON RUNNING TOGETHER · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2025
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Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · since 2025
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Activities of holding companies · Geraardsbergen · since 1998
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Specialist medical practice · Ganshoren · since 2018
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General electrical installation work · Dendermonde · since 2002
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General construction of residential buildings · Antwerpen · since 2024
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General construction of residential buildings · since 1990
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Tattoo and piercing services · since 2024
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Joinery installation · Ingelmunster · since 2000
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Trade name of Kortom - vereniging voor overheids- en socialprofitcommunicatie · Activities of business and employers' organisations · Brugge · since 2000
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Handelsbemiddeling in de groothandel in landbouwgrondstoffen, levende dieren en textielgrondstoffen en halffabricaten · Bierbeek · since 2020
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Business and other management consultancy · Wetteren · since 2020
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since 2000
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Name of an establishment of BOSTOM · Full-service restaurants · Mechelen · since 2009