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.
“OOSTEPA”
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
1 registered enterprise with a name easily confused with yours.
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Staden · since 2025
Names that resemble it 17 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · since 1998
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Insurance agents and brokers · Jette · since 2022
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Mixed farming · Deinze · since 2015
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Insurance agents and brokers · Ledegem · since 2008
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Name of an establishment of Don Bosco Centrale - Centrale Don Bosco · Uitgeven van tijdschriften · Dilbeek · since 1933
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Name of an establishment of PARTENA - GUICHET D'ENTREPRISES - PARTENA - ONDERNEMINGSLOKET · Office administrative and support services · Brussel · since 1966
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Name of an establishment of PARTENA - SECRETARIAT SOCIAL D'EMPLOYEURS - PARTENA - SOCIAAL SECRETARIAAT VOOR werkgevers · Office administrative and support services · Brussel · since 1947
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Name of an establishment of Het Wit-Gele Kruis van West-Vlaanderen · Nursing and midwifery · Brugge · since 1964
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Name of an establishment of VM Vastgoedbeheer · Property management for co-owned buildings (syndics) · Brussel · since 1989
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Name of an establishment of ELIA ASSET · Transmissie van elektriciteit · Brussel · since 2001
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1991
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Name of an establishment of Mundorff · Freight transport by road · Oostende · since 2003
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Name of an establishment of COEX · Advertising agencies · Oostende · since 2004
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Wholesale of industrial chemicals · Evere · since 1997
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Painting of buildings · since 2012
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Name of an establishment of CP RETAIL · Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Braine-le-Château · since 1992
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Name of an establishment of CPBE · Retail sale of women's outerwear · Braine-le-Château · since 2024