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.
“OSHI”
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
2 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Activities of interior architects · Brussel · since 2023
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Tienen · since 2002
Names that resemble it 28 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of Oud Soldatenhulp · Antwerpen · since 1951
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Business and other management consultancy · Verviers · since 2018
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Vermogensbeheer · Antwerpen · since 2016
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Groothandel in ruwe tabak · since 2020
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Abbreviation of Centre public d'Action sociale de Amblève · Openbare Centra voor Maatschappelijk Welzijn (OCMW) · Amel · since 1968
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Abbreviation of Centre publique d'Action sociale de Bullange · Openbare Centra voor Maatschappelijk Welzijn (OCMW) · Büllingen · since 1968
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Abbreviation of Centre publique d'Action sociale de Bütgenbach · Openbare Centra voor Maatschappelijk Welzijn (OCMW) · Bütgenbach · since 1968
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Abbreviation of Centre publique d'Action sociale d' Eupen · Openbare Centra voor Maatschappelijk Welzijn (OCMW) · Eupen · since 1968
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Abbreviation of Offentliches Sozialhilfezentrum von Kelmis (La Calamine) · Openbare Centra voor Maatschappelijk Welzijn (OCMW) · Kelmis · since 1968
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Abbreviation of Offentliches Sozialhilfezentrum von Raeren · Openbare Centra voor Maatschappelijk Welzijn (OCMW) · Raeren · since 1968
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Abbreviation of Offentliches Sozialhilfezentrum von Lontzen · Openbare Centra voor Maatschappelijk Welzijn (OCMW) · Lontzen · since 1968
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Abbreviation of Offentliches Sozialhilfezentrum von Sankt-Vith · Openbare Centra voor Maatschappelijk Welzijn (OCMW) · Sankt Vith · since 1968
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Retail sale of women's outerwear · since 2026
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Other professional, scientific and technical activities · Wielsbeke · since 1991
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Full-service restaurants · Brecht · since 2018
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Zulte · since 2020
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Aalst · since 2020
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Wholesale of beverages, general range · Zottegem · since 2022
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2023
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Event catering · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of Boshi Juices · Retail sale of beverages, general range · Deinze · since 2025
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Abbreviation of Aïkido Koshi Dojo · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2026
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Full-service restaurants · Oostende · since 2017
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Pre-press and pre-media services · since 2004
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Pre-press and pre-media services · Walhain · since 2006
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Agents in the wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco · since 1984
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2025
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Full-service restaurants · Binche · since 2021