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.
“ORTHROS”
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
6 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Zaventem · since 1992
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Dental practice · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2000
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Dental practice · Gent · since 2015
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Dental practice · Lommel · since 2007
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Activities of lawyers · Menen · since 2020
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Specialist medical practice · Kortrijk · since 2024
Names that resemble it 9 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Retail sale of medical and orthopaedic goods, excluding prescription glasses and lenses · Brussel · since 2024
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Name of MANTYX · Computer programming · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2025
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Manufacture of medical and dental instruments and supplies · Leuven · since 2005
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Dental practice · Brussel · since 2024
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Retail sale of flowers, plants, seeds and fertilisers · Liège · since 2020
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Roofing work · since 1994
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Manufacture of medical and dental instruments and supplies · Harelbeke · since 2012
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Vervaardiging van bestralingsapparatuur en van elektromedische en elektrotherapeutische apparatuur · since 1982
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Name of ORTO · Sint-Agatha-Berchem · since 2026