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Compared with the KBO register · free

Type the name you want to use. You see at once whether an active company already has the same or a similar name, and whether it works in your sector.

“Modoperandi”

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.

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Same or very similar names

3 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • Modoperandi same name
    Les Bons Villers · since 2008
  • modus operandi very similar
    Huishoudelijke persoonlijke dienstverlening · Brussel · since 2007
  • MODUS OPERANDI very similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Cafés and bars · Elsene · since 2013
Names that resemble it 8 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • OPERANDI similar
    Wholesale of clothing, excluding workwear and underwear · Wavre · since 1987
  • Operand similar
    Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Leuven · since 2024
  • MODO similar
    Performing arts by independent artists · Antwerpen · since 2001
  • MODO similar
    Retail sale of women's outerwear · Heusden-Zolder · since 2016
  • MODO similar
    Vermogensbeheer · Sint-Martens-Latem · since 2022
  • Sole trader similar
    Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · since 2023
  • MODO similar
    Cafés and bars · Sint-Pieters-Leeuw · since 2024
  • Sole trader similar
    Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · since 2026

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. A name can be free in the register and still be protected as a trademark. Trademarks are searched in the 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.

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