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.
“OBS”
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
6 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Abbreviation of OSNABRUCKER - BREEDERS - SERVICE · Wholesale of live animals · Eupen · since 1978
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Abbreviation of Ouderkring Brugse Steinerscholen · Other membership organisations · Brugge · since 1978
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Abbreviation of Organization of Business Services · Business and other management consultancy · Brussel · since 1991
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Retail sale of pharmaceutical products · Waterloo · since 2018
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Abbreviation of Outsourcing Building Services · Plumbing work · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2018
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Wholesale of information and communication equipment · Aartselaar · since 2008
Names that resemble it 11 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of Observatoire de l'Environnement · Arlon · since 2019
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Lasne · since 2010
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Computer programming · Mons · since 2026
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Ukkel · since 2001
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Investigation and private security services · Dilbeek · since 2017
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Abbreviation of Olympic brainois · Braine-le-Comte · since 1971
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Abbreviation of ORTHOPEDIE BRASSEUR · Retail sale of medical and orthopaedic goods, excluding prescription glasses and lenses · Brussel · since 2013
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Abbreviation of Okkeziel Bruist · Other amusement and recreation activities · Kampenhout · since 2016
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General construction of residential buildings · Antwerpen · since 2022
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Name of an establishment of RAMO BEN · Renting and leasing of other personal and household goods · Sint-Agatha-Berchem · since 2011
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Abbreviation of Oost Best · Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · Hasselt · since 2025