Name check

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.

“OLB”

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

4 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

OLB same name

Freight transport by road · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2014
O.L.B. same namein bankruptcy or liquidation

Abbreviation of Oudleerlingenbond R.N.S. Laken · Brussel · since 1984
OLB-HK very similar

Abbreviation of DE COXYDIENS · Koksijde · since 2018
OLB kta 1 very similar

Abbreviation of Bond van Leerlingen, Oud-leerlingen en Vrienden van het Koninklijk Technisch Atheneum 1 - Stio · Oostende · since 1985

Names that resemble it 9 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.

O.L.B.A. similar

Abbreviation of Oud Leerlingen Berchems Atheneum · Antwerpen · since 1953
OLBC similar

Abbreviation of Overpelt Lego Builders Club · Pelt · since 2015
OLBG similar

Abbreviation of Olyxberg · Agents in the wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco · Zwevegem · since 2017
OLBO similar

Growing of pome and stone fruits · Heers · since 2008
OLBIZ similar

Business and other management consultancy · Sprimont · since 2019
O.L. similar

Abbreviation of ONTMOETINGSCENTRUM LILLO · Houthalen-Helchteren · since 1987
O L similar

BASCHARAGE · since 2004
O.L. similar

BASCHARAGE · since 2005
OLBIE similarin bankruptcy or liquidation

since 2008

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