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.
“OTEMA”
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
31 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Activities of holding companies · Schaarbeek · since 2011
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2025
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Full-service restaurants · Le Roeulx · since 2018
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Ukkel · since 2018
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Samenstellen en uitzenden van televisieprogramma’s en distributie van video’s · Antwerpen · since 2022
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Knokke-Heist · since 1977
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Non-specialised wholesale trade · Charleroi · since 1983
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Wholesale of machine tools · Grez-Doiceau · since 1988
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Steinfort · since 1989
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Ganshoren · since 1990
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Ohey · since 1993
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New Castle County 19810 · since 1998
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Groothandel in reinigingsmiddelen · Pelt · since 1999
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Gent · since 2000
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Activities of holding companies · Vorst · since 2001
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Joinery installation · since 2019
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Advertising agencies · since 2000
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Abbreviation of ONA LUA,EMALA · Evere · since 2018
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Development of residential building projects · Mons · since 2021
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Other information technology and computer services · De Panne · since 2022
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Turnhout · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Berlaar · since 2023
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Villers-la-Ville · since 2005
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Vervaardiging van keramische tegels en plavuizen · Comines-Warneton · since 2006
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Business and other management consultancy · Vorst · since 2006
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Abbreviation of OFFICE FRANCAIS D'EXPORTATION DE MATERIEL AEROMAUTIQUE-OFEMA · PARIS · since 1979
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Renting and leasing of other machinery, equipment and tangible goods · Aalst · since 2025
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Vermogensbeheer · Antwerpen · since 2026
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Other building finishing work · Lievegem · since 1978
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Brussel · since 1950
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Gent · since 1999
Names that resemble it 14 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Other education · Diepenbeek · since 2019
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Abbreviation of ORGANISME DES TELECOMMUNICATIONS DE GRECE O.T.E. A.E. ............................................... · GREECE · since 1998
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Charleroi · since 2014
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Name of an establishment of Auhreum · Overige kredietverstrekking n.e.g. · Wortegem-Petegem · since 2013
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Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 1988
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Real estate agency activities · Temse · since 1989
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Mouscron · since 1996
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Specialist medical practice · Anderlecht · since 1998
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Vervaardiging van farmaceutische grondstoffen · since 1994
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Lanaken · since 2003
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Abbreviation of TEMA INTERNATIONAL · Quiévrain · since 2019
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Abbreviation of THE EUROPEAN MARKETING AGENCY · Public relations and communication consultancy · Ukkel · since 2009
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Lievegem · since 2008
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Abbreviation of Office Technique de Manufactures · Asse · since 1956