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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.

“Outimex”

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

3 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • Outimex same name
    Wholesale of machine tools · Nivelles · since 1968
  • Optimex very similar
    Deerlijk · since 2000
  • ORTIMEX very similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Wholesale of pharmaceutical and medical goods · Ranst · since 1987
Names that resemble it 11 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • OUTIMAT similar
    Name of an establishment of OUTIMAT - DRILFIX · Wholesale of machine tools · Gent · since 1966
  • Outex similar
    Vorst · since 1922
  • Outil similar
    Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht · since 2016
  • OUTIL similar
    Activities of head offices · Schaarbeek · since 2009
  • TIMEX similar
    Renting and leasing of cars and light motor vehicles · Ukkel · since 2007
  • IMEX similar
    Genappe · since 1989
  • IMEX similar
    Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Orp-Jauche · since 1991
  • IMEX similar
    Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Zonhoven · since 1996
  • IMEX similar
    Abbreviation of TEAMWILL CONSULTING BENELUX · Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Lochristi · since 2018
  • Wholesale of live animals · since 1990
  • Outimétal similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Liège · since 1966

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