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.
“Ost, Tim”
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
6 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Nursing and midwifery · since 2018
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Abbreviation of OST - WEIGHING - DOSING & BULK - SYSTEMS · Vervaardiging van overige machines en apparaten voor algemeen gebruik, n.e.g. · Kruibeke · since 1993
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Abbreviation of Oiseaux Sans Tête · Literary creation · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2009
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Abbreviation of Opus Ost · Other specialised design activities · Gent · since 2010
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Inland freight water transport · since 2024
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Abbreviation of Oeuvres Sociales du Personnel des Accumulateurs Tudor à Florival · Grez-Doiceau · since 1948
Names that resemble it 5 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Computer programming · since 2025
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2016
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Luxembourg 2133 · since 1990
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Physiotherapy · Waterloo · since 2023
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Deinze · since 2017