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.
“Ovide”
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
7 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Brugge · since 2004
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Computer programming · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2023
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2021
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Retail sale of footwear · since 1981
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Temse · since 2021
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Repair and maintenance of machinery · Schelle · since 2022
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Computer programming · Antwerpen · since 2022
Names that resemble it 14 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · since 2019
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Detailhandel in babyartikelen (algemeen assortiment) · since 2008
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Wholesale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Nassogne · since 1997
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Abbreviation of Olense Vleeswaren Industrie · Vervaardiging van producten van vlees of van vlees van gevogelte · Olen · since 1968
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Abbreviation of OPEN VIEW INVEST · Léglise · since 2024
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Real estate agency activities · Gent · since 1981
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Computer programming · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 1999
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Office administrative and support services · since 2015
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Diensten in verband met de luchtvaart · since 2017
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 1993
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Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · since 1989
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Computer programming · Oudergem · since 2025
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Sound recording · since 2017
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Activities of holding companies · Lier · since 2023