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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.

“OONEST”

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

10 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • OONEST same name
    Activities of holding companies · Etterbeek · since 2022
  • Onest (sole trader) very similar
    Other personal services · since 2018
  • O-nest very similar
    General construction of residential buildings · Zonnebeke · since 2022
  • Vervaardiging van gebreide en gehaakte kleding · since 2024
  • ONEST very similar
    Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Knokke-Heist · since 2025
  • GONEST very similar
    Development of residential building projects · Braine-l'Alleud · since 1989
  • ONNEST very similar
    Advertising agencies · Kortrijk · since 2016
  • Interior design · since 2019
  • Monest very similar
    Name of an establishment of ChartMill · Computer programming · Sint-Niklaas · since 2009
  • Co’Nest very similar
    Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 2026
Names that resemble it 21 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • O ONE SA similar
    LUXEMBOURG · since 1998
  • O - ONE - O similar
    Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Haacht · since 2003
  • OO-NEW similar
    Verhuur en lease van luchtvaartuigen · Andenne · since 2025
  • OMK-HONEST similar
    Name of an establishment of MIRKAN GROUP · Freight transport by road · Grimbergen · since 2013
  • ONESTA similar
    Activities of holding companies · Beringen · since 2013
  • ONESTO similar
    Full-service restaurants · Brugge · since 2026
  • NEST similar
    Full-service restaurants · Kaprijke · since 2018
  • Other information service activities · since 2018
  • Other professional, scientific and technical activities · since 2022
  • NEST similar
    Name of an establishment · Instellingen met huisvesting voor volwassenen met een mentale handicap · Herzele · since 2022
  • NEST similar
    Buying and selling of own real estate · Veurne · since 2023
  • Cafés and bars · since 1991
  • Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · since 2012
  • Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · since 2012
  • Other holiday and short-stay accommodation · since 2013
  • Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2023
  • NEST similar
    Buying and selling of own real estate · Zoersel · since 2024
  • NEST similar
    Buying and selling of own real estate · Tremelo · since 2024
  • Nest similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2024
  • NEST similar
    Support activities for crop production · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2025
  • Nest similar
    Cafés and bars · Antwerpen · since 2026

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