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.
“OSTENDIAN”
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
3 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Hotels and similar accommodation · Oostende · since 2024
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Specialist medical practice · Gent · since 2024
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Gent · since 2025
Names that resemble it 11 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Name of an establishment of Ostendis Projects · Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Middelkerke · since 1991
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Oostende · since 1994
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Development of residential building projects · Bredene · since 2009
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Agents in the wholesale of furniture, household goods and hardware · Oostende · since 2003
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Hotels and similar accommodation · Oostende · since 1988
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Other tax advisory services · Oostende · since 1977
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Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Wommelgem · since 1990
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Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · since 2014
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Pre-press and pre-media services · since 2000
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Development of residential building projects · Bredene · since 2011
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Cafés and bars · Oostende · since 1987