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.
“Ostarc”
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
9 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Business and other management consultancy · Hasselt · since 2026
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Sawmilling and planing of wood · since 2020
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Merelbeke-Melle · since 1988
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Wholesale of fruit and vegetables, excluding potatoes · Oudenaarde · since 1994
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Heusden-Zolder · since 2000
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Other human health activities · since 2025
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Abbreviation of STARC Studio d’Architecture · Activities of building architects · Gembloux · since 2014
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Abbreviation of Statistical Theory, Analytics, Robustness Consulting · Activities of head offices · Antwerpen · since 2019
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Activities of building architects · Ukkel · since 2020
Names that resemble it 11 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of Organization for the Spiritual Treatment of Animals · Other business support services · Brussel · since 2024
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Antwerpen · since 1987
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Activities of building architects · since 2025
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since 1993
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Activities of holding companies · Sint-Truiden · since 2011
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Name of an establishment of Calabi · Computer programming · Antwerpen · since 2021
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Sports and recreation education · since 2016
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Business and other management consultancy · Hasselt · since 2021
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Activities of building architects · since 2015
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Name of an establishment of MP POSTARCHI · General construction of residential buildings · Frameries · since 2015
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Abbreviation of The Aluminium Recovery Company · Groothandel in ijzer- en staalschroot en in oude non-ferrometalen · Balen · since 1979