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.
“OSTIA”
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
14 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Business and other management consultancy · Herentals · since 2001
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Computer programming · since 2015
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Abbreviation of Open Source Technology Improvement Agency · Brussel · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of TiWi Osteopathie · General medical practice · Pelt · since 2021
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General medical practice · Tielt · since 2006
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Abbreviation of Oversea Chinese Technology and Inovation Association · Hasselt · since 2016
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Waregem · since 1992
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Tervuren · since 1992
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Namur · since 1999
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Photography, excluding press photography · Meise · since 2002
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Jette · since 2015
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2016
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Business and other management consultancy · Waterloo · since 2021
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Brugge · since 2025
Names that resemble it 15 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Guest rooms (bed and breakfast) · Gent · since 2018
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Name of an establishment of Brams Wooncultuur · Buying and selling of own real estate · Diepenbeek · since 2018
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Waregem · since 2018
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Physiotherapy · Waterloo · since 2023
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Office administrative and support services · since 2023
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Physiotherapy · Oosterzele · since 2025
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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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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Anzegem · since 2002
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Elsene · since 2014
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Business and other management consultancy · Leuven · since 2021
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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