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.
“OVANI”
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
22 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Literary creation · Vorst · since 2013
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Real estate agency activities · Tienen · since 1987
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Abbreviation of OvanB Law Office · Activities of lawyers · Beersel · since 2022
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Le Roeulx · since 2026
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Business and other management consultancy · Roeselare · since 1994
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Other retail sale of food · Leuven · since 1995
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Business and other management consultancy · Waregem · since 2014
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Computer programming · Denderleeuw · since 2020
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Full-service restaurants · Zwevegem · since 2020
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Schilde · since 2021
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Design of textile patterns, clothing, jewellery, furniture and decorative items · since 2022
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Full-service restaurants · Liège · since 2000
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Abbreviation of OVALI FLAMME · Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Charleroi · since 2014
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Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · Evergem · since 2015
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Evergem · since 2016
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Business and other management consultancy · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2020
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Ham · since 2022
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2024
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Full-service restaurants · De Haan · since 2025
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Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · Lokeren · since 1989
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Antwerpen · since 1991
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Cafés and bars · Koekelberg · since 2019
Names that resemble it 11 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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La Bruyère · since 1988
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General electrical installation work · Wortegem-Petegem · since 2001
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Activities of holding companies · Gent · since 2019
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Elsene · since 2022
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Trade name of Bogara · Retail sale of cosmetics and toilet articles · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of SOCONAVI · Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Sprimont · since 2000
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Event catering · since 2008
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Name of an establishment of DE SCHOUWVEGER · Hotels and similar accommodation · Brugge · since 2002
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2023
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2014
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Ardooie · since 1962