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.
“Ordam”
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
8 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Stabroek · since 2008
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Vervaardiging van frisdranken en water in flessen · Ranst · since 1970
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Name of an establishment of M.N.D. · Groothandel in uurwerken en sieraden · Antwerpen · since 2006
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Specialist medical practice · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2000
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Liège · since 2003
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Halle · since 2020
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Business and other management consultancy · Estinnes · since 2023
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Retail sale of medical and orthopaedic goods, excluding prescription glasses and lenses · KEULEN · since 2025
Names that resemble it 6 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2012
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Abbreviation of OPTICAL RESEARCH EN DEVELOPMENT · Mol · since 1999
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Growing of vegetables, melons, roots and tubers · Ardooie · since 1999
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Abbreviation of ORDALIS AVOCATS NAMUR · Activities of lawyers · Namur · since 2013
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Dental practice · Brugge · since 2021
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Abbreviation of RED DIAMOND ASSET MANAGEMENT · Vorst · since 2007