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.
“ORN”
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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Retail sale of automotive fuel · Saint-Ghislain · since 2022
Names that resemble it 18 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Cafés and bars · Namur · since 1992
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Manufacture of jewellery · Elsene · since 2018
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Gembloux · since 2018
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Other business support services · since 2026
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Antigua · since 2000
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Other legal services · since 2021
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Vervaardiging van niet-verspanende machines voor de metaalbewerking en van gereedschapswerktuigen voor metaalbewerking · Roeselare · since 2011
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General electrical installation work · since 2012
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · De Haan · since 2025
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Specialist medical practice · Antwerpen · 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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Name of an establishment of MERCIMEK · Full-service restaurants · Gent · since 2003
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Full-service restaurants · Liège · since 2018