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.
“OSTEC”
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
7 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Leuven · since 2008
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Namur · since 1999
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Name of an establishment of KINE & OSTEO AN CARMANS · Physiotherapy · Hasselt · since 2012
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Nutrition and dietetics services · Kalmthout · since 2006
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Installation of industrial machinery and equipment · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2018
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General electrical installation work · since 2025
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General electrical installation work · since 2014
Names that resemble it 33 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Manufacture of medical and dental instruments and supplies · Tienen · since 1997
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Other specialised construction activities · Staden · since 2019
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General medical practice · Trooz · since 2020
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Activities of lawyers · Berlaar · since 2020
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Repair and maintenance of machinery · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2021
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Full-service restaurants · Hasselt · since 2023
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Activiteiten op het gebied van osteopathie · Court-Saint-Etienne · since 2006
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Havelange · since 2024
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General medical practice · Schoten · since 2024
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Abbreviation of OST - WEIGHING - DOSING & BULK - SYSTEMS · Vervaardiging van overige machines en apparaten voor algemeen gebruik, n.e.g. · Kruibeke · since 1993
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Abbreviation of Oiseaux Sans Tête · Literary creation · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2009
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Abbreviation of Opus Ost · Other specialised design activities · Gent · since 2010
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Inland freight water transport · since 2024
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General electrical installation work · Torhout · since 2021
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General electrical installation work · Antwerpen · since 2010
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since 1992
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General medical practice · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2019
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Specialist medical practice · Beersel · since 2020
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Physiotherapy · Liège · since 2021
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Physiotherapy · Ath · since 2010
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since 1986
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News agency activities · Ukkel · since 2008
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Physiotherapy · Antwerpen · since 2025
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Other manufacturing not elsewhere classified · since 2025
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Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2026
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Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · since 2018
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Other business support services · since 2018
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Antwerpen · since 2018
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Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Truiden · since 2010
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Other specialised construction activities · since 2005
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Abbreviation of Oeuvres Sociales du Personnel des Accumulateurs Tudor à Florival · Grez-Doiceau · since 1948
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Charleroi · since 1981
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Vervaardiging van machines en apparaten voor klimaatregeling, voor niet-huishoudelijk gebruik · Theux · since 2021