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.
“OTIV”
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
1 registered enterprise with a name easily confused with yours.
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Computer programming · Gent · since 2020
Names that resemble it 20 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Name of an establishment of VAN WETTER ENTREPRISE - ONDERNEMING VAN WETTER · Growing of vegetables, melons, roots and tubers · Brussel · since 1977
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Name of an establishment of VELTAK · Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Grimbergen · since 2025
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Retail sale of prescription glasses, lenses and sunglasses · Etterbeek · since 2012
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Veterinary services · Grimbergen · since 2025
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Vervaardiging van hijs-, hef- en transportwerktuigen · Dilbeek · since 1938
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Boechout · since 2013
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General construction of residential buildings · Zele · since 2021
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Activities of building architects · Leuven · since 2022
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Zottegem · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Hasselt · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 2010
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Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · Nieuwerkerken (Limb.) · since 2007
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Name of an establishment of VIKA CONCEPT · Full-service restaurants · Braine-l'Alleud · since 2026
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2021
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Vervaardiging van machines voor de productie van textiel, kleding en leer · Waregem · since 1972
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Other sports activities · since 2022
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Groothandel in suiker, chocolade en suikerwerk · Waregem · since 2011
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Fitness centres · Pelt · since 2026
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Merksplas · since 2026
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Boortmeerbeek · since 2017