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.
“ORBOTECH”
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
5 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Vervaardiging van consumentenelektronica · Leuven · since 1984
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Vervaardiging van geneesmiddelen · Temse · since 2005
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Temse · since 2000
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Landscape service activities · since 2016
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Landscape service activities · Boom · since 2008
Names that resemble it 12 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Electrical installation work in industrial facilities · since 2018
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Evere · since 2020
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General electrical installation work · Sint-Pieters-Leeuw · since 2023
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Other business support services · Olen · since 2015
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Reparatie en onderhoud van huishoudapparaten en van werktuigen voor gebruik in huis en tuin · since 2015
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Plumbing work · Schaarbeek · since 2022
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Name of an establishment of KresK-Invest · General construction of other non-residential buildings · Assenede · since 2008
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Trade name of B&Co Projects · General electrical installation work · Maasmechelen · since 2025
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General electrical installation work · Peer · since 2021
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Vervaardiging van motoren en turbines, exclusief motoren voor luchtvaartuigen, motorvoertuigen en bromfietsen · since 1996
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Other printing · Kortemark · since 1995
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General construction of residential buildings · Asse · since 1992