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.
“OCARINA”
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
9 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Youth work associations · Brussel · since 1971
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Other financial services · Asse · since 2016
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Bornem · since 1982
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Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 1987
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Name of an establishment of RESIDENCE CARINA · Rusthuizen voor ouderen (ROB) · Ukkel · since 1989
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Business and other management consultancy · Ukkel · since 2021
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Bouw van civiele schepen en drijvend materieel · Antwerpen · since 2006
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Youth work associations · Eupen · since 1992
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Raising of sheep and goats · Vorselaar · since 1994
Names that resemble it 10 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Nutrition and dietetics services · since 1997
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Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Anderlecht · since 1988
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Abbreviation of PAGNOTTA CAR · Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Genk · since 2020
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Steenokkerzeel · since 1984
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Name of an establishment of LEDES · Retail sale of games and toys · Knokke-Heist · since 1988
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Abbreviation of ARiNA museum voor iederen · Tourist information services · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 2016
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since 1983
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Freight transport by road · since 2015
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Sports and recreation education · since 2005
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since 2015