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.
“OVIS”
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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Mixed farming · Nassogne · since 1987
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Abbreviation of Onafhankelijke Vlaamse Instelling Schapenhouderij · since 1990
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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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Physiotherapy · Knokke-Heist · since 2023
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General construction of residential buildings · Sint-Pieters-Leeuw · since 2024
Names that resemble it 28 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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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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Merelbeke-Melle · since 1990
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Wholesale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Nassogne · since 1997
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Abbreviation of OPEN VIEW INVEST · Léglise · since 2024
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Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 2021
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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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Abbreviation of Oostvlaamse Invest Company · Zele · since 1991
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Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · since 2019
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Name of an establishment of OVIM CONSTRUCT · Other specialised construction activities · Jette · since 2020
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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 Société de Verrerie industrielle et scientifique · La Ferte-sous-Jouarre · since 1979
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Vervaardiging van fietsen en invalidenwagens · Deinze · since 2013
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Other business support services · Deerlijk · since 2021
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Niet-gespecialiseerde groothandel in niet-diepgevroren voedingsmiddelen, dranken en genotmiddelen · Schaarbeek · since 2007
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Brasschaat · since 2026
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since 2021
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2022
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Roeselare · since 1996
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Video and film production, excluding cinema and television films · Gent · since 1999
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Herselt · since 2003
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Business and other management consultancy · Oosterzele · since 2003
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Other support activities for arts and performing arts · Gent · since 2017
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Office administrative and support services · Izegem · since 2018
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Business and other management consultancy · Essen · since 2020
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Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2005
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Oudergem · since 1986