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.
“ORCA”
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
19 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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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 OLYMPIC RUGBY CLUB ARLON · Arlon · since 2000
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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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Abbreviation of ORCA DIVING CLUB · Morlanwelz · since 1978
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Abbreviation of OOSTENDS RADIO COMMUNICATIE AMATEURS - 27 · Oostende · since 1992
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Computer programming · Antwerpen · since 2021
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Oudsbergen · since 1984
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Profondeville · since 2026
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Cafés and bars · Brussel · since 2019
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Name of an establishment of FRANCART ET ASSOCIES · Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Namur · since 2007
Names that resemble it 31 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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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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Business and other management consultancy · Zemst · since 2009
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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 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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Other professional, scientific and technical activities · Andenne · since 2023
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Intermediation services for non-specialised retail · since 2026
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Other publishing activities, excluding software publishing · since 2012
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Namur · since 2005
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Anderlecht · since 2025
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Abbreviation of O.R. Contract and Consulting · Walhain · since 1999
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Specialist medical practice · Schilde · since 2002
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Maarssen · since 2026
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Computer programming · Mons · since 2025
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 1989
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Ukkel · since 1992
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Houthalen-Helchteren · since 1998
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Abbreviation of DERMATOLOGIE & OTO-RHINO LARYNGOLOGIE CARNIERES · Morlanwelz · since 2014
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Detailhandel in onderkleding, lingerie en strand- en badkleding · since 1992
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Inland freight water transport · since 1992
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Painting of buildings · Gent · since 2019
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Freight transport by road · since 2019
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Detailhandel in drogisterijartikelen en onderhoudsproducten · Kasterlee · since 2020
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Retail sale of women's outerwear · Wemmel · since 2020
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Dendermonde · since 2012
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Abbreviation of Oil Recycling Company · Schoten · since 1968
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Heist-op-den-Berg · since 1982
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Retail sale of footwear · Ieper · since 1990