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.
“OTB”
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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Abbreviation of Office du Tourisme et de la Culture de Beauraing · Tourist information services · Beauraing · since 1989
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Abbreviation of OOSTENDS TRANSPORT BEDRIJF · Freight transport by road · Oostende · since 2000
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Abbreviation of OnTheBlock vzw · Meise · since 2020
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Abbreviation of OUTSIDE THE BOX · Business and other management consultancy · Brussel · since 2020
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Abbreviation of OILTANK TERMINAL BRUGGE · Warehousing and storage · Lichtervelde · since 2010
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Activities of head offices · Elsene · since 2024
Names that resemble it 11 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of On track belgium · Brussel · since 2018
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Bricklaying and masonry work · Brussel · since 2019
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Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · Kortrijk · since 2019
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Zonhoven · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2020
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Vocational training · La Bruyère · since 2023
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Web portal activities · since 2024
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Abbreviation of OUT OF THE BOX CONSTRUCT · General construction of residential buildings · Machelen (Brab.) · since 2022
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Abbreviation of ONDERNEMING TUERLINGS · Vervaardiging van machines en apparaten voor klimaatregeling, voor niet-huishoudelijk gebruik · Haacht · since 1976
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Other professional, scientific and technical activities · Hamme (Vl.) · since 2015
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Abbreviation of Outdoorteam · Jabbeke · since 2019