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.
“Okapi Forum”
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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Aalst · since 1994
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Vervaardiging van optische instrumenten, magnetische en optische dragers en fotografische apparatuur · Willebroek · since 1988
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Boom · since 1994
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Abbreviation of OKAPI - ASSOCIATION DE LA PROVINCE ORIENTALE · Schaarbeek · since 1997
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Veterinary services · Zwevegem · since 2016
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Abbreviation of OKAPI RRR · Hasselt · since 2022
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Abbreviation of Orthopedie Kinesitherapie Aster Peeters Innovation · Physiotherapy · Holsbeek · since 2023
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Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 1973
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Vervaardiging van keukenmeubelen · Roeselare · since 1975
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Name of an establishment of DAIDALOS · Activities of independent sportspeople · Antwerpen · since 1985
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Heusden-Zolder · since 1988
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Heusden-Zolder · since 1988
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Name of an establishment of LD3 · Activiteiten van dag- en dienstencentra voor ouderen · Brussel · since 1993
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Genk · since 1993
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Advertising agencies · Sint-Katelijne-Waver · since 1993
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 1976
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Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · since 1997
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Full-service restaurants · Torhout · since 2011
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Antwerpen · since 1952
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Trade name of SCHOLENGROEP 2 : KAPELLEN - KALMTHOUT · Stabroek · since 1999
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Sint-Niklaas · since 1985
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Brussel · since 1992