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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.

“Ostyn”

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.

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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

46 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

Names that resemble it 12 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • OSTY (sole trader) similar
    Market research and public opinion polling · since 1993
  • OSTY similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Nivelles · since 2020
  • Ost, Yme (sole trader) similar
    Physiotherapy · since 2023
  • OST YME similar
    Physiotherapy · Gent · since 2025
  • O'Style (sole trader) similar
    Retail sale of women's outerwear · since 2026
  • OST similar
    Abbreviation of OST - WEIGHING - DOSING & BULK - SYSTEMS · Vervaardiging van overige machines en apparaten voor algemeen gebruik, n.e.g. · Kruibeke · since 1993
  • OST similar
    Abbreviation of Oiseaux Sans Tête · Literary creation · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2009
  • Ost similar
    Abbreviation of Opus Ost · Other specialised design activities · Gent · since 2010
  • OST (sole trader) similar
    Inland freight water transport · since 2024
  • OSTYCOM similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Tielt · since 1994
  • M. BOSTYN similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 2008
  • OST similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Abbreviation of Oeuvres Sociales du Personnel des Accumulateurs Tudor à Florival · Grez-Doiceau · since 1948

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