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.
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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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Abbreviation of Oldtimer Roadhouse Classics · Media representation · Heusden-Zolder · since 2016
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 2017
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Abbreviation of Ozer Recycling Company · Groothandel in kantoor- en winkelmeubelen · Nazareth-De Pinte · since 2024
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Abbreviation of Oil Recycling Company · Schoten · since 1968
Names that resemble it 33 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Paris 2e · since 1968
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Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 1988
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Abbreviation of Association pour la Récupération et le Compostage des Matériaux organiques - Organic Reclamation and Composting Association · Antwerpen · since 1991
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Wholesale of fruit and vegetables, excluding potatoes · Sint-Katelijne-Waver · since 1992
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Full-service restaurants · Middelkerke · since 1995
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Brussel · since 1997
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Abbreviation of O.R. Contract and Consulting · Walhain · since 1999
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Abbreviation of OLYMPIC RUGBY CLUB ARLON · Arlon · since 2000
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Specialist medical practice · Schilde · since 2002
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Design of textile patterns, clothing, jewellery, furniture and decorative items · since 2012
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Other specialised construction activities · Sint-Lievens-Houtem · since 2021
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Activities of interior architects · Waregem · since 2023
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Vervaardiging van andere pompen en compressoren · since 1986
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Name of an establishment of KM WATER · Agents in the wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco · Poperinge · since 2005
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Maarssen · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of SEDIS LOGISTICS · Service activities incidental to land transportation · Tournai · since 2001
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Heusden-Zolder · since 2002
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Activities of head offices · Roeselare · since 2013
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Nursing and midwifery · since 2014
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Retail sale of flowers, plants, seeds and fertilisers · since 1992
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Business and other management consultancy · Zemst · since 2009
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Fernelmont · since 2009
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Other building finishing work · Antwerpen · since 2010
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Abbreviation of OFFICE DE REPRESENTATION DE LA COMMUNAUTE CHYPRIOTE TURQUE · ISTANBOUL · since 1986
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Retail sale of medical and orthopaedic goods, excluding prescription glasses and lenses · KEULEN · since 2025
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Business and other management consultancy · Nandrin · since 2025
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Abbreviation of OrientationResulta · Other education · Etterbeek · since 2014
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Abbreviation of Operations & Research · Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 2019
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Other legal services · Brussel · since 2019
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Abbreviation of Organische Roest · Performing arts by independent artists · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2022
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Abbreviation of Olivier REMELS · Other business support services · Waterloo · since 2010
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Abbreviation of O+R Ingénierie de l'air et de l'eau · Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Montigny-le-Tilleul · since 2006
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Full-service restaurants · Liège · since 2018