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Compared with the KBO register · free

Type the name you want to use. You see at once whether an active company already has the same or a similar name, and whether it works in your sector.

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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.

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Same or very similar names

4 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • Operand same name
    Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Leuven · since 2024
  • OPERANDI very similar
    Wholesale of clothing, excluding workwear and underwear · Wavre · since 1987
  • Operando very similar
    Activities of holding companies · Zele · since 2022
  • OPERANDO very similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Brussel · since 2001
Names that resemble it 19 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • Sole trader similar
    Manufacture of cocoa, chocolate and sugar confectionery · since 1990
  • OPERA similar
    Construction of roads and motorways · since 2009
  • OPERA similar
    Name of an establishment of OPERA 8300 · Full-service restaurants · Knokke-Heist · since 2026
  • Sole trader similar
    Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2018
  • OPERANEX similar
    Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2009
  • Wholesale of other household goods · Lochristi · since 1991
  • OPERAS similar
    Abbreviation of OPEN ACCESS IN THE EUROPEAN AREA THROUGH SCHOLARLY COMMUNICATION · Public relations and communication consultancy · Brussel · since 2020
  • Opera 8 similar
    Development of residential building projects · Brussel · since 2025
  • OPERA-NUNNI similar
    Vermogensbeheer · Tielt · since 2020
  • OPERATOR similar
    Wholesale of agricultural produce and animal feed, general range · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 1994
  • OPEN HAND similar
    Hasselt · since 1994
  • OPERA UNO similar
    Full-service restaurants · Brussel · since 1997
  • Sole trader similar
    Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · since 2016
  • OPERAMUS similar
    Ukkel · since 2020
  • OPERO similar
    Research and development on biotechnology · Grimbergen · since 2021
  • Sole trader similar
    Book publishing · since 2026
  • Modoperandi similar
    Les Bons Villers · since 2008
  • OPUS OPERANDI similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Gent · since 1987
  • OPERATOR similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Ronse · since 1993

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. A name can be free in the register and still be protected as a trademark. Trademarks are searched in the 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.

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