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.
“OSF”
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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Abbreviation of OLIVIER SOUMOY FINANCE · Florennes · since 1999
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Abbreviation of OS.FAMILY · Design of textile patterns, clothing, jewellery, furniture and decorative items · Elsene · since 2019
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Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · Rotselaar · since 2022
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Abbreviation of OPTIMISTEN ZONDER GRENZEN · since 2009
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Abbreviation of ON S'EN FOUT ASBL · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Saint-Nicolas · since 2024
Names that resemble it 16 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of OEUVRE SCOLAIRE FERNAND MEUKENS · Ans · since 1984
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Abbreviation of Oostende safe for you · Other building finishing work · Oostende · since 2023
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Brussel · since 2018
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Abbreviation of OBJECTSOFT · Retail sale of information and communication equipment · Gent · since 1999
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Abbreviation of The Old Spirits · since 2016
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Abbreviation of Onder Stroom · Cultural education · Antwerpen · since 2018
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Abbreviation of OnderStroom Recordings · Sound recording · Rotselaar · since 2009
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Abbreviation of OPTIMAL SOLUTION · Brussel · since 2010
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Other business support services · Mechelen · since 2004
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Abbreviation of OWL SECURITY · Investigation and private security services · Dilbeek · since 2024
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Other business support services · Gent · since 2025
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Abbreviation of Orion Studio · Visual arts creation · Schaarbeek · since 2025
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Abbreviation of OxySenior · Seraing · since 2026
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Abbreviation of Osmoz sport · Mettet · since 2026
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Abbreviation of Oka San · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2026
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Cafés and bars · Liège · since 2014