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.
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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
5 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Abbreviation of OFFICE COMMERCIAL TECHNIQUE · Handelsbemiddeling in de groothandel in brandstoffen, ertsen, metalen en chemische producten · Leuven · since 2000
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Abbreviation of Ostbelgien Classic Team · Eupen · since 2019
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Abbreviation of Ophtalmologie Claire TILKIN · Specialist medical practice · Neupré · since 2020
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Abbreviation of Ordre des Chevaliers Templiers · since 2021
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Machining of metals · Lille · since 2024
Names that resemble it 31 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of Office de coordination des transports internationnaux · Elsene · since 1968
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Abbreviation of Office Communal du Tourisme Couvinois · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Couvin · since 1979
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Brugge · since 1983
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Plumbing work · Schaarbeek · since 1991
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Name of an establishment of ILBA · Retail sale of automotive fuel · Dilsen-Stokkem · since 2000
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Name of an establishment of SHAAN · Retail sale of automotive fuel · Braine-l'Alleud · since 2001
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Retail sale of automotive fuel · since 2001
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Retail sale of automotive fuel · since 2003
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Full-service restaurants · Kortrijk · since 2019
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Cafés and bars · Antwerpen · since 2021
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Name of an establishment of Joubine-Charvine SPRL · Retail sale of automotive fuel · Evere · since 2010
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2007
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Abbreviation of OCTS – VERNIER & CO · Charleroi · since 2023
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Handel in elektriciteit · since 2025
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2026
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Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 1990
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Ganshoren · since 1990
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2021
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Other information technology and computer services · Quaregnon · since 2021
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Retail sale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, excluding motor fuels · since 1996
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Kortrijk · since 2023
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Retail sale of other cultural and recreation goods · since 2024
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Abbreviation of Oil Consulting · Business and other management consultancy · Ranst · since 2014
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Activities of holding companies · Erpe-Mere · since 2017
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Abbreviation of Storm Troep · Socio-cultural adult education · Antwerpen · since 2019
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Abbreviation of Ontwikkeling Centraal · Retail sale of medical and orthopaedic goods, excluding prescription glasses and lenses · Antwerpen · since 2021
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Abbreviation of ourcorp · Wired, wireless and satellite telecommunications · Braine-le-Comte · since 2023
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Abbreviation of October Changes V.Z.W. · Performing arts by independent artists · Bree · since 2024
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Abbreviation of OpenCompass · Mont-Saint-Guibert · since 2026
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Retail sale of automotive fuel · since 2014
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Name of an establishment of ZOLOU · Retail sale of automotive fuel · Eghezée · since 2017