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.
“ORTOMEX”
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
5 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Retail sale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, excluding motor fuels · Jurbise · since 2022
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Zwijndrecht · since 1998
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Other professional, scientific and technical activities · Etterbeek · since 1998
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General construction of residential buildings · Hasselt · since 2000
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Wholesale of pharmaceutical and medical goods · Ranst · since 1987
Names that resemble it 12 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 · Nazareth-De Pinte · since 2007
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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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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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Sint-Agatha-Berchem · since 2026
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Manufacture of medical and dental instruments and supplies · Nivelles · since 1996
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Business and other management consultancy · Thuin · since 1998
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2001
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Retail sale of household textiles and bedding
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Groothandel in uurwerken en sieraden · since 1997
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Retail sale of flowers, plants, seeds and fertilisers · Liège · since 2020