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.
“OPAV”
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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Business and other management consultancy · Tinlot · since 2026
Names that resemble it 11 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Name of an establishment of O.M.A. · Retail sale of electrical household appliances · Zulte · since 1978
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Zaventem · since 2023
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Other support activities for arts and performing arts · Mechelen · since 1998
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Retail sale of medical and orthopaedic goods, excluding prescription glasses and lenses · Anderlecht · since 2014
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Namur · since 2014
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Retail sale of women's outerwear · since 1984
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Activities of lawyers · Genk · since 2023
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Groothandel in foto- en filmapparatuur en in andere optische artikelen · Lyon · since 2024
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Edegem · since 2024
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Namur · since 2025
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Gent · since 2008