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.
“ORTOM”
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
10 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Retail sale of medical and orthopaedic goods, excluding prescription glasses and lenses · Nazareth-De Pinte · since 2007
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2001
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Retail sale of flowers, plants, seeds and fertilisers · Liège · since 2020
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Abbreviation of Kortom - vereniging voor overheids- en socialprofitcommunicatie · Activities of business and employers' organisations · Brugge · since 2000
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Advertising agencies · since 2021
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Handelsbemiddeling in de groothandel in landbouwgrondstoffen, levende dieren en textielgrondstoffen en halffabricaten · Bierbeek · since 2020
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Lier · since 2009
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Full-service restaurants · Binche · since 2013
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Elsene · since 2018
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Name of an establishment of BOSTOM · Full-service restaurants · Mechelen · since 2009
Names that resemble it 24 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Dental practice · Gavere · since 2023
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · La Hulpe · since 2009
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Name of an establishment of SUPPRISE · Other non-specialised retail sale · Vorst · since 2025
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Name of ORTHO · Sint-Agatha-Berchem · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of BELGIAN OFFICE COMPANY · Wholesale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels and related products · Charleroi · since 1994
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Zwijndrecht · since 1998
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Retail sale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, excluding motor fuels · Jurbise · since 2022
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Real estate agency activities · Schilde · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Rixensart · since 2025
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Activities of interior architects · Hoeilaart · since 2013
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Abbreviation of ATHLETICS TEAM · Sports and recreation education · Halle · since 2016
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Full-service restaurants · Dendermonde · since 2021
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Edegem · since 1987
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Dental practice · Leuven · since 2023
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Specialist medical practice · Asse · since 2003
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Full-service restaurants · since 1981
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Abbreviation of RUNNING TEAM OLYMPIC MENEN · Menen · since 2001
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's-Gravenhage · since 2014
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Event catering · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2017
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Fitness centres · since 2002
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Roofing work · since 2023
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Manufacture of medical and dental instruments and supplies · Nivelles · since 1996
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Painting of buildings · since 2022
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Abbreviation of OHEY RACING TEAM · Ohey · since 2013