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“OSSIP”

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.

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Same or very similar names

5 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • OSSIP same name
    Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2013
  • OSSIA very similar
    Photography, excluding press photography · Meise · since 2002
  • GOSSIP very similar
    Hairdressing and barber services · Mechelen · since 2001
  • GOSSIP very similar
    Name of an establishment of PAPILLA · Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Namur · since 2010
  • GOSSIP very similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Name of an establishment of BYTES & BITES GROUP · Vervaardiging van bereide maaltijden en schotels · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 2024
Names that resemble it 11 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • OSIP similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Awans · since 2019
  • OSSIMO similar
    Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Namur · since 2013
  • O.S.S. similar
    Office administrative and support services · Hasselt · since 1998
  • OSS similar
    Abbreviation of Overrepen Sint-Sebastiaan · Activities of other sports clubs · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 2013
  • OSS similar
    Abbreviation of Oswald Spengler Society for the Study of Humanity and World History · Research and development on biotechnology · Limbourg · since 2018
  • OSS similar
    Abbreviation of Operation Services Supplier · Business and other management consultancy · Courcelles · since 2024
  • OSSIADO similar
    Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Puurs-Sint-Amands · since 2021
  • SSIP similar
    Abbreviation of Service en soins infirmiers Pastorelli · Nursing and midwifery · Charleroi · since 2015
  • Sole trader similar
    since 2023
  • OSSI similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    since 2006
  • O.S.S. similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Abbreviation of Organisation et Sécurité Sociale · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 1962

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. A name can be free in the register and still be protected as a trademark. Trademarks are searched in the 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.

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