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.
“Otec”
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
5 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · Beringen · since 2016
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Wholesale of construction materials, general range · Dendermonde · since 2010
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Waregem · since 2025
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Construction of roads and motorways · Nazareth · since 1975
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Sint-Niklaas · since 2022
Names that resemble it 40 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Electrical installation work in industrial facilities · since 2018
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Evere · since 2020
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General electrical installation work · Sint-Pieters-Leeuw · since 2023
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Other education · Diepenbeek · since 2019
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General construction of residential buildings · Kraainem · since 2020
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Retail sale of watches and jewellery · Willebroek · since 2011
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Abbreviation of ORGANISME DES TELECOMMUNICATIONS DE GRECE O.T.E. A.E. ............................................... · GREECE · since 1998
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EQUEURDREVILLE · since 2024
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Charleroi · since 1968
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Brussel · since 1965
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General electrical installation work · Grimbergen · since 2013
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General electrical installation work · Dendermonde · since 2017
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Hotels and similar accommodation · Bredene · since 2022
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Jette · since 2005
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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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Oreye · since 1973
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Name of an establishment of LOTEC BV · Plumbing work · EINDHOVEN · since 1975
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since 1987
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Vervaardiging van elektromotoren en van elektrische generatoren en transformatoren · Oud-Turnhout · since 1988
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Abbreviation of SOCIETE TECHNIQUE DE COMMERCIALISATION LE PARNASSE · Nice · since 1992
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Abbreviation of INGENIEURSBUREAU BOTEC · Business and other management consultancy · Wommelgem · since 1994
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Name of an establishment of ERLIN · Joinery installation · Genk · since 1996
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Manufacture of beer · Wevelgem · since 1996
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Retail sale of electrical household appliances · Heusden-Zolder · since 1999
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Vervaardiging van filtreertoestellen · Kontich · since 1999
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Mechelen · since 2014
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since 1980
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General electrical installation work · since 2018
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General electrical installation work · As · since 2020
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Electrical installation work in industrial facilities · Maaseik · since 2021
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General electrical installation work · Anderlecht · since 2022
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Bricklaying and masonry work · Nieuwerkerken (Limb.) · since 2008
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Wholesale of information and communication equipment · Arendonk · since 2009
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2010
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Plumbing work · Leuven · since 2005
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Other business support services · Oostende · since 2005
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Plumbing work · Herentals · since 2024
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General electrical installation work · Maasmechelen · since 2024
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Abbreviation of Office Technique de Manufactures · Asse · since 1956
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Abbreviation of FIBER OPTICS TECNICS · Vervaardiging van glasvezels · Heusden-Zolder · since 2020