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.
“Opera 8”
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
5 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Development of residential building projects · Brussel · since 2025
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Manufacture of cocoa, chocolate and sugar confectionery · since 1990
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Construction of roads and motorways · Brussel · since 2009
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Name of an establishment of OPERA 8300 · Full-service restaurants · Knokke-Heist · since 2026
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Abbreviation of OPEN ACCESS IN THE EUROPEAN AREA THROUGH SCHOLARLY COMMUNICATION · Public relations and communication consultancy · Brussel · since 2020
Names that resemble it 18 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Leuven · since 2024
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Wholesale of clothing, excluding workwear and underwear · Wavre · since 1987
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Wholesale of agricultural produce and animal feed, general range · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 1994
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Full-service restaurants · Brussel · since 1997
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2018
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Ukkel · since 2020
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Activities of holding companies · Zele · since 2022
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2009
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Research and development on biotechnology · Grimbergen · since 2021
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Name of an establishment of RS DAKSH · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Liège · since 2023
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Computer programming · since 2026
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Activities of holding companies · Visé · since 2016
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Computer programming · Sprimont · since 2019
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Elsene · since 2012
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Activities of building architects · Kortenberg · since 2007
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Computer programming · Chaudfontaine · since 2023
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Ronse · since 1993
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Brussel · since 2001