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.
“ORFO”
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
1 registered enterprise with a name easily confused with yours.
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Video and film production, excluding cinema and television films · Braine-l'Alleud · since 2024
Names that resemble it 10 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of Office de Représentation fiscale - Kantoor voor Fiscale Vertegenwoordiging · Certified accountants and tax accountants · Sint-Agatha-Berchem · since 1971
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Name of an establishment of OSTERREICHISCHER RUNDFUNK O.R.F. · Samenstellen en uitzenden van televisieprogramma’s en distributie van video’s · WIEN · since 1989
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Abbreviation of Office Régional de Financement et d'Assurances · Other financial services · Courcelles · since 1988
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Retail sale of watches and jewellery · since 1966
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Vervaardiging van farmaceutische grondstoffen · since 1986
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Abbreviation of NEOREAL · Literary creation · Huy · since 2018
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Retail sale of flowers, plants, seeds and fertilisers · since 2019
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Zwalm · since 2023
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Abbreviation of One Roar For Animals · Namur · since 2026
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Nursing and midwifery · Erpe-Mere · since 2023