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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.

“ORTE”

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  • 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

2 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • O.R.T.E. same name
    Abbreviation of Royal Syndicat d'Initiative d'Erezee · Tourist information services · Erezée · since 1953
  • ORTE same name
    Dental practice · Cerfontaine · since 2013
Names that resemble it 35 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • ORTEC similar
    Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Retie · since 1976
  • ORTES similar
    Wholesale of household textiles and bedding · Gent · since 1976
  • ORTEC similar
    Charleroi · since 1997
  • Ortec bv similar
    Zoetermeer · since 2007
  • Groothandel in uurwerken en sieraden · since 1997
  • ORTEM similar
    Oostende · since 2008
  • ORARTE similar
    Risk and damage evaluation · Nijlen · since 1987
  • ORTELS similar
    Other business support services · Brasschaat · since 2001
  • ORT similar
    Activities of interior architects · Hoeilaart · since 2013
  • ORTECX similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Dilbeek · since 2016
  • ORT similar
    Abbreviation of ATHLETICS TEAM · Sports and recreation education · Halle · since 2016
  • Ortema similar
    Ukkel · since 2018
  • ORT similar
    Full-service restaurants · Dendermonde · since 2021
  • ORTEAM similar
    Manufacture of medical and dental instruments and supplies · Waasmunster · since 2005
  • ORTEKI similar
    Other business support services · Kortrijk · since 2025
  • ORTELEC similar
    Activities of holding companies · Kortemark · since 1991
  • ORTEGA 3 similar
    Name of an establishment of IDE Olivier - IDE Marc · Inland freight water transport · Ranst · since 2017
  • ORTEGAL similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Lummen · since 2019
  • ORTELUX similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Scherpenheuvel-Zichem · since 2025
  • ORTA similar
    Name of an establishment of LES COMPTOIRS D'ORTA · Detailhandel in kledingstoffen · Elsene · since 2016
  • ORTU similar
    Activities of holding companies · Lievegem · since 2020
  • OR-TO similar
    Dental practice · Gavere · since 2023
  • ORTO similar
    Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · La Hulpe · since 2009
  • ORTI similar
    Freight transport by road · Machelen (Brab.) · since 2024
  • ORTZ similar
    Agents in the wholesale of industrial machinery, ships and aircraft · Elsene · since 2024
  • ORTO similar
    Name of an establishment of SUPPRISE · Other non-specialised retail sale · Vorst · since 2025
  • ORTO similar
    Sint-Agatha-Berchem · since 2026
  • O. DECORTE similar
    General construction of residential buildings · Koekelare · since 2023
  • ORTELIUS similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2010
  • KORTE similar
    General electrical installation work · Dendermonde · since 2002
  • FORTE similar
    Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Brussel · since 2013
  • Forte similar
    Schilde · since 2007
  • Event catering · since 2020
  • Full-service restaurants · since 1987
  • ORT similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Abbreviation of OHEY RACING TEAM · Ohey · since 2013

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