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.
“OSIRAC”
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
6 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Gent · since 2009
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oss · since 2020
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Abbreviation of Source IT Right Advisory & Consulting · Other business support services · Evere · since 2021
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Brussel · since 2023
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Machelen (Brab.) · since 2024
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Detailhandel in kledingaccessoires · since 2025
Names that resemble it 18 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Asse · since 2026
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · Houffalize · since 1984
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Other retail sale of food · Brugge · since 1992
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Boortmeerbeek · since 1997
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Computer programming · Edegem · since 1997
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Day spas, saunas and steam baths · since 2002
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Full-service restaurants · since 2001
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2000
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2009
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Name of an establishment of U.S.R. · Cafés and bars · Gent · since 2010
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Manufacture of jewellery · since 2004
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Oudsbergen · since 2006
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Day spas, saunas and steam baths · Sint-Niklaas · since 2007
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Cafés and bars · since 2008
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Other retail sale of new goods · since 2025
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Inland freight water transport · Brecht · since 2026
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Fitness centres · Lasne · since 2026
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2026