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.
“OPORA”
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
10 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Business and other management consultancy · Oudergem · since 2001
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Antwerpen · since 2015
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Manufacture of cocoa, chocolate and sugar confectionery · since 1990
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Other manufacturing not elsewhere classified · since 2023
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Construction of roads and motorways · Brussel · since 2009
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Activities of holding companies · Zedelgem · since 2010
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Abbreviation of SPORTUNA RANST · Grobbendonk · since 2010
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Business and other management consultancy · Huy · since 2024
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Name of an establishment of OPERA 8300 · Full-service restaurants · Knokke-Heist · since 2026
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Elsene · since 1986
Names that resemble it 13 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Trade name of Philse · Advertising agencies · Duffel · since 2014
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Name of an establishment of ORA Machines · Wholesale of electrical equipment, including installation materials · Leuven · since 1980
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Abbreviation of OFF ROAD ACTION · Wholesale of clothing, excluding workwear and underwear · Herk-de-Stad · since 1999
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Other research and development on natural sciences · Thimister-Clermont · since 2002
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Alken · since 2016
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Sports and recreation education · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of SURVECO · Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Jette · since 2022
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Other retail sale of food · since 2025
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Abbreviation of ORA AVOCATS · Activities of lawyers · Sprimont · since 2010
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Real estate agency activities · Elsene · since 2007
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · since 2025
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Abbreviation of Paroisse Orthodoxe Roumaine Anderlecht · Anderlecht · since 2019
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Abbreviation of ORA-RKM · Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2007