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.
“Ortec bv”
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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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Retie · since 1976
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Charleroi · since 1997
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Zoetermeer · since 2007
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Business and other management consultancy · Dilbeek · since 2016
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Wholesale of household textiles and bedding · Gent · since 1976
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Groothandel in uurwerken en sieraden · since 1997
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Oostende · since 2008
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Computer programming · Boortmeerbeek · since 1997
Names that resemble it 17 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of Office Royal du Tourisme d'Erezée · Tourist information services · Erezée · since 1953
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Dental practice · Cerfontaine · since 2013
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Activities of holding companies · Kortemark · since 1991
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Name of an establishment of A.C.S.V. ORTHOTEC · Manufacture of medical and dental instruments and supplies · Seraing · since 1999
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Zeist · since 2016
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Other business support services · Brasschaat · since 2001
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Ukkel · since 2018
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Manufacture of medical and dental instruments and supplies · Waasmunster · since 2005
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Other business support services · Kortrijk · since 2025
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Activities of interior architects · Hoeilaart · since 2013
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Abbreviation of ATHLETICS TEAM · Sports and recreation education · Halle · since 2016
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Full-service restaurants · Dendermonde · since 2021
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Name of an establishment of IDE Olivier - IDE Marc · Inland freight water transport · Ranst · since 2017
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Business and other management consultancy · Lummen · since 2019
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Business and other management consultancy · Scherpenheuvel-Zichem · since 2025
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Name of an establishment of CALORTEC · Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Aalst · since 1997
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Abbreviation of OHEY RACING TEAM · Ohey · since 2013