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Compared with the KBO register · free

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.

“ODESIM”

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

3 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • ODESIM same name
    Villers-la-Ville · since 1991
  • Desim very similar
    Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Antwerpen · since 1979
  • Desim very similar
    Verhuur en lease van kantoormachines, inclusief computers · Rumst · since 1984
Names that resemble it 16 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • O - DESIGN similar
    Wallpapering and laying of floor and wall coverings in other materials · Antwerpen · since 1988
  • ODES similar
    Name of an establishment of ODESFIBRE · Wired, wireless and satellite telecommunications · Namur · since 2020
  • Business and other management consultancy · since 2021
  • Design of textile patterns, clothing, jewellery, furniture and decorative items · since 2021
  • Odesa similar
    Graphic design and visual communication · Pajottegem · since 2021
  • Odesk similar
    Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Pelt · since 2021
  • ODEST similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Tervuren · since 2023
  • Ode's Design similar
    Other specialised design activities · Schaarbeek · since 2022
  • ODESAV similar
    Abbreviation of L'OASIS DES SAVEURS · Groothandel in koffie, thee, cacao en specerijen · Perwez · since 2000
  • ODESSA similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Kortenaken · since 2001
  • Odessa similar
    Employment placement agencies · Zonnebeke · since 2017
  • Odeste similar
    Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Diepenbeek · since 2022
  • ODESCO similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Assenede · since 2023
  • CodeSimia similar
    Computer programming · Lier · since 2025
  • ODES similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Kortrijk · since 1981
  • O'de Sax similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Aalter · since 1995

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