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Name check

Compared with the KBO register · free

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.

“OSDEL”

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.

  • OSDEL same name
    Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Juprelle · since 2023
  • Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2019
  • OPDEL very similar
    Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Opwijk · since 2016
  • JS-DEL very similar
    Other cleaning activities · Jodoigne · since 2018
  • OSFEL very similar
    Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Brussel · since 2018
Names that resemble it 4 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • OSD similar
    Abbreviation of Observatoire des Sénégalais de la Diaspora · Anderlecht · since 2017
  • OSD similar
    MARTILLAC · since 2018
  • Groothandel in reinigingsmiddelen · since 1994
  • OSD similar
    Abbreviation of Overkoepelende Studentendienst · Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Brussel · since 2012

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