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Name check

Compared with the KBO register · free

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.

“Open Eye”

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

10 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • OPEN EYE same name
    Business and other management consultancy · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2017
  • Open Eye same name
    Business and other management consultancy · Hannut · since 2023
  • OPEN EYES very similar
    Other education · Enghien · since 2014
  • Other personal services · since 2022
  • O.P.E.N. very similar
    Abbreviation of Association pour une Société écologique Observatoire permanent de l'Environnement association internationale · Brussel · since 1995
  • OPEN very similar
    Levallois-Perret · since 2017
  • OPEN very similar
    Event catering · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2010
  • Open (sole trader) very similar
    Business and other management consultancy · since 2012
  • OPEN (sole trader) very similar
    Other education · since 2025
  • OPEN very similar
    Abbreviation of OPEN RETAIL SERVICES · Business and other management consultancy · Chaudfontaine · since 2012
Names that resemble it 8 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • openERP similar
    Name of an establishment of ODOO · Other software publishing · Ramillies · since 2002
  • OpenERP similar
    Other software publishing · Ramillies · since 2017
  • OpenEPN similar
    Namur · since 2010
  • Installation of industrial machinery and equipment · since 2015
  • OPEN A similar
    Activities of building architects · Esneux · since 2022
  • OpenS similar
    Retail sale of information and communication equipment · Tubize · since 2009
  • OPEN C similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Edegem · since 2012
  • OPEN2 similar
    Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Ninove · since 2004

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