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.
“OVIM”
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
3 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Abbreviation of OOSTENDSE VISSERIJ- EN INVESTERINGSMAATSCHAPPIJ · Financiële lease · Oostende · since 1990
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Gent · since 1991
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Name of an establishment of OVIM CONSTRUCT · Other specialised construction activities · Jette · since 2020
Names that resemble it 23 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Schilde · since 1990
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Waimes · since 1998
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Visé · since 2011
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Abbreviation of Olense Vleeswaren Industrie · Vervaardiging van producten van vlees of van vlees van gevogelte · Olen · since 1968
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Dilsen-Stokkem · since 2021
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Other software publishing · Brussel · since 2022
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Abbreviation of OPEN VIEW INVEST · Léglise · since 2024
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Other information service activities · Schilde · since 2011
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Mixed farming · Nassogne · since 1987
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Abbreviation of Onafhankelijke Vlaamse Instelling Schapenhouderij · since 1990
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Abbreviation of Oostvlaamse Invest Company · Zele · since 1991
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Industriële vervaardiging van brood en van vers banketbakkerswerk
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Abbreviation of ONDERSTEUNINGSFONDS VOOR VISSERIJ IN TRANSITIE · Activities of business and employers' organisations · Oostende · since 2017
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Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · since 2019
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Day nurseries and crèches · Sint-Katelijne-Waver · since 2021
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Abbreviation of Oost-Vlaams Investeringsfonds · Buying and selling of own real estate · Evergem · since 2025
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Abbreviation of Oudervereniging Impuls · Other membership organisations · Zandhoven · since 2023
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Waregem · since 1985
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Activities of holding companies · Gent · since 2017
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Activities of holding companies · Kontich · since 2021
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Activities of holding companies · Evergem · since 2023
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Groothandel in veevoeders · SLIEDRECHT · since 2024
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Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2005