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.
“Orinoco”
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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Inland freight water transport · Antwerpen · since 1992
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Other personal services · since 2022
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Roosdaal · since 2019
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Renting and leasing of cars and light motor vehicles · Hove · since 2008
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Edegem · since 2022
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Retail sale of antiques · Gent · since 1997
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Abbreviation of Centro Cultural Orinoco · Jette · since 2021
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Gent · since 2009
Names that resemble it 9 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Other information service activities · Kampenhout · since 2022
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Other business support services · Lennik · since 2001
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Hasselt · since 1990
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Specialist medical practice · La Louvière · since 2014
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Name of an establishment of IT'S NOT ONLY COMMUNICATION · Public relations and communication consultancy · Elsene · since 2008
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Ukkel · since 2025
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Joinery installation · Onhaye · since 2015
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Name of an establishment · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Anderlecht · since 2018
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Abbreviation of Interregionaal orgaan voor de gezinsbijslag · Etterbeek · since 2019