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.
“OPEL”
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.
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Vermogensbeheer · Arendonk · since 2007
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Materials recovery from waste · Awans · since 2023
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Abbreviation of Opel Belgium Personeels Club · Antwerpen · since 1951
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Argenteuil · since 2018
Names that resemble it 19 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of Oeuvres Paroissiales d'Esneux · Esneux · since 1949
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Abbreviation of Oekraïne-Project-Edegem · Edegem · since 2017
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Abbreviation of OUTDOOR POWER EXPERTS · Activities of holding companies · Kapellen · since 2024
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Abbreviation of OPGLABBEEKSE PETANQUECLUB · Oudsbergen · since 1986
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Abbreviation of Association pour une Société écologique Observatoire permanent de l'Environnement association internationale · Brussel · since 1995
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Name of an establishment of DAMACHRISTINE · Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Bredene · since 2003
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Levallois-Perret · since 2017
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Leuven · since 2020
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Activities of holding companies · Hoogstraten · since 2009
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Event catering · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2010
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2012
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Other education · since 2025
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Abbreviation of OPEN RETAIL SERVICES · Business and other management consultancy · Chaudfontaine · since 2012
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Abbreviation of Openbaar Entrepot voor de Kunsten · Exploitatie van culturele centra en multifunctionele zalen ten behoeve van culturele activiteiten · Leuven · since 2005
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Retail sale of automotive fuel · Schaarbeek · since 2024
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Liège · since 1981
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Performing arts by artistic ensembles · Gent · since 1993
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Bouw van civiele schepen en drijvend materieel · Essen · since 2018
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since 2014