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.
“BHM”
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
10 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Abbreviation of Building Hotel Maes · Hotels and similar accommodation · Gent · since 1971
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · Anderlecht · since 1989
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Name of an establishment of BOUCHERIE-CHARCUTERIE BAUGNET · Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Geer · since 1991
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Retail sale of games and toys · since 1998
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Abbreviation of Belgian Horeca Management · Business and other management consultancy · Elsene · since 2015
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Groothandel in sport- en kampeerartikelen, met uitzondering van fietsen · Aartselaar · since 2010
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Abbreviation of Business Home Material Europe · Wholesale of electrical household appliances and audio-video equipment · Antwerpen · since 2023
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Abbreviation of Black History Month Belgium · Schaarbeek · since 2024
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Full-service restaurants · Mouscron · since 1993
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Driving schools for cars and motorcycles · Vorst · since 2025
Names that resemble it 11 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Scheduled passenger transport by road · Jette · since 2009
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Abbreviation of Business Hospitality Management Services · Business and other management consultancy · Namur · since 2011
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Retail sale of other household articles · since 2025
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Abbreviation of belgian helicobacter and microbiota study group · Brussel · since 1995
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Abbreviation of BUREAU HECK · Activities of building architects · Etterbeek · since 1988
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General electrical installation work · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2013
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Business and other management consultancy · Koekelberg · since 2016
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Repair and maintenance of electrical equipment · Wemmel · since 2022
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Abbreviation of Blossom Heat · Wavre · since 2023
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Abbreviation of BAMTARE HAYMEDATT · Elsene · since 2008
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Abbreviation of Barhillie · Overige plantenvermeerdering · Herselt · since 2025