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.
“ORBIS SOFTWARE”
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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Clervaux · since 2012
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Computer programming · Pont-à-Celles · since 1989
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Bonheiden · since 2016
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Computer programming · Antwerpen · since 2023
Names that resemble it 20 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2018
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Computer programming · Sint-Niklaas · since 1998
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Name of an establishment of CAPVIDIA · Wholesale of information and communication equipment · Leuven · since 1998
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Name of an establishment of nixis · Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Ramillies · since 2002
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Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · since 1984
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Vosselaar · since 2022
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Computer programming · Zaventem · since 2023
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General electrical installation work · since 2014
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General electrical installation work · Namur · since 2017
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Boechout · since 2021
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ESSEX · since 2001
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Brecht · since 2005
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Computer programming · Thimister-Clermont · since 2025
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Computer programming · Zottegem · since 2026
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Etterbeek · since 2017
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Computer programming · since 2026
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Bierbeek · since 1990
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Office administrative and support services · Antwerpen · since 1945
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Computer programming · Chaudfontaine · since 2002
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Wholesale of information and communication equipment · Hulshout · since 2010