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“OPERANDI”

An active company already has this name

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Same or very similar names

10 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • OPERANDI same name
    Wholesale of clothing, excluding workwear and underwear · Wavre · since 1987
  • Operand very similar
    Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Leuven · since 2024
  • OPUS OPERANDI very similar
    Wholesale of other household goods · Lochristi · since 1991
  • Operando very similar
    Activities of holding companies · Zele · since 2022
  • modus operandi very similar
    Huishoudelijke persoonlijke dienstverlening · Brussel · since 2007
  • Sole trader very similar
    Book publishing · since 2026
  • Name of an establishment of GREEN-BEAM LIFE · Other non-specialised retail sale · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2016
  • OPUS OPERANDI very similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Gent · since 1987
  • OPERANDO very similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Brussel · since 2001
  • MODUS OPERANDI very similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Cafés and bars · Elsene · since 2013
Names that resemble it 9 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • Sole trader similar
    Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2018
  • Sole trader similar
    Manufacture of cocoa, chocolate and sugar confectionery · since 1990
  • Modoperandi similar
    Les Bons Villers · since 2008
  • OPERA similar
    Construction of roads and motorways · since 2009
  • OPERANEX similar
    Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2009
  • OPERA similar
    Name of an establishment of OPERA 8300 · Full-service restaurants · Knokke-Heist · since 2026
  • OPERAS similar
    Abbreviation of OPEN ACCESS IN THE EUROPEAN AREA THROUGH SCHOLARLY COMMUNICATION · Public relations and communication consultancy · Brussel · since 2020
  • Opera 8 similar
    Development of residential building projects · Brussel · since 2025
  • OPERA-NUNNI similar
    Vermogensbeheer · Tielt · since 2020

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. A name can be free in the register and still be protected as a trademark. Trademarks are searched in the 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.

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