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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.

“Orfeus”

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

2 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • Orfeus same name
    Antwerpen · since 1992
  • ORFES very similar
    Abbreviation of OPTIMALE RECREATIEVE en FEESTELIJKE EVENEMENTEN SERVICE · Full-service restaurants · Kasterlee · since 1989
Names that resemble it 11 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • Retail sale of flowers, plants, seeds and fertilisers · since 2019
  • ORFEO similar
    Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 1988
  • ORFEE similar
    Productie van televisieprogramma's · Aarschot · since 2014
  • Orfeo similar
    Name of an establishment of ORFEO JEWEL-WATCH · Retail sale of watches and jewellery · Bastogne · since 2015
  • Orfeo similar
    Abbreviation of Projet Orfeo · Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · Elsene · since 2017
  • OR-FEE similar
    Detailhandel in kledingaccessoires · Jette · since 2009
  • ORFEY similar
    Renting and leasing of other personal and household goods · Antwerpen · since 2005
  • ORFEE similar
    Abbreviation of OFFICE DE RECHERCHE ET DE FORMATION EN EDUCATION ET ENSEIGNEMENT · Elsene · since 2007
  • Full-service restaurants · since 2025
  • Orfeco similar
    Abbreviation of Orfeco Algemene Laswerken · Machining of metals · Wuustwezel · since 2021
  • Orfeo similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Brussel · since 1993

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