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.
“Optivation”
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.
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2025
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Vervaardiging van computers en randapparatuur · Leuven · since 1986
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Advertising agencies · Profondeville · since 1989
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Business and other management consultancy · Temse · since 1997
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Activities of holding companies · Schoten · since 2022
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Leopoldsburg · since 1984
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Physiotherapy · Gent · since 2022
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Retail sale of prescription glasses, lenses and sunglasses · Schaarbeek · since 2009
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2010
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Namur · since 1989
Names that resemble it 19 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Retail sale of prescription glasses, lenses and sunglasses · Gembloux · since 2010
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Elsene · since 1986
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Groothandel in aanhangwagens, opleggers en caravans · Erpe-Mere · since 1990
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Video and film production, excluding cinema and television films · Bassenge · since 2013
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Schaarbeek · since 2017
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Computer programming · Zonhoven · since 2021
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Name of an establishment of QUALIAS OPTIQUE PROVINCE DE LIEGE · Retail sale of prescription glasses, lenses and sunglasses · Liège · since 2011
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Retail sale of prescription glasses, lenses and sunglasses · Lommel · since 2005
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Name of an establishment of GOTTSCHALK · Manufacture of medical and dental instruments and supplies · Liège · since 2006
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Verhuur en lease van televisietoestellen en andere audio- en videoapparatuur · since 2026
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Travel agency activities · Dilbeek · since 2020
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Real estate agency activities · Merchtem · since 2000
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General construction of residential buildings · Lochristi · since 2021
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Antwerpen · since 2023
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Activiteiten van industriële wasserijen · Gerpinnes · since 1992
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Oudergem · since 2004
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Sports and recreation education · since 2024
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Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · since 2024
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Advertising agencies · Grimbergen · since 2014