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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.

“OOSTHEEM”

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

2 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • OOSTHEEM same name
    Antwerpen · since 2005
  • OOS' HEEM very similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Amel · since 1980
Names that resemble it 10 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • Oostheyde similar
    Aalst · since 2016
  • Oostheuvel similar
    Name of an establishment of KONINKLIJK ONDERSTEUNINGSCENTRUM TER ENGELEN TEVONA · Instellingen met huisvesting voor minderjarigen met een mentale handicap · Genk · since 1961
  • OOSTREM similar
    Instellingen met huisvesting voor volwassenen met een mentale handicap · Herent · since 1966
  • OOSTHOF similar
    Full-service restaurants · Jabbeke · since 2008
  • OOST similar
    Mixed farming · Deinze · since 2015
  • OOST similar
    Insurance agents and brokers · Ledegem · since 2008
  • 'T Heem similar
    Kortemark · since 1989
  • 't Heem similar
    Deerlijk · since 1994
  • 't Heem similar
    Wingene · since 2015
  • 't Heem similar
    Name of an establishment of Gemeente Oudsbergen · Gemeentelijke overheid, met uitzondering van het OCMW · Oudsbergen · since 2018

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