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.
“Groep Halon”
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
4 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Menen · since 2024
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Name of an establishment of BESST · Hairdressing and barber services · Nazareth-De Pinte · since 2014
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Mechelen · since 1986
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Wholesale of other machinery and equipment · Ranst · since 2020
Names that resemble it 27 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Cafés and bars · Oud-Heverlee · since 2023
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Landscape service activities · Lier · since 2013
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Freight transport by road · Genk · since 2020
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Business and other management consultancy · Eeklo · since 2018
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Name of an establishment of Suslino · Business and other management consultancy · Wingene · since 2020
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Business and other management consultancy · Oudenaarde · since 2016
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Joinery installation · Ronse · since 2017
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Tyre services · Grobbendonk · since 2017
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Cafés and bars · Ninove · since 2025
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Wholesale of wines and spirits · Brugge · since 2024
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Kasterlee · since 1990
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Wholesale of wines and spirits · Berlaar · since 2002
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Psychology services · since 2002
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · Waregem · since 2016
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Other printing · Temse · since 2021
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Verstrekken van hypothecair krediet · Roeselare · since 2022
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Forging of metal · Schilde · since 2021
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Full-service restaurants · Heuvelland · since 2022
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Vervaardiging van fineer en van panelen op basis van hout · Wielsbeke · since 2011
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Zwevegem · since 2014
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Nursing and midwifery · Geraardsbergen · since 2017
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Jette · since 2017
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Market research and public opinion polling · Dilbeek · since 2018
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Real estate agency activities · Antwerpen · since 2019
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Other tax advisory services · Sint-Martens-Latem · since 2019
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Vervaardiging van machines en apparaten voor klimaatregeling, voor niet-huishoudelijk gebruik · Kortrijk · since 2022
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Aalter · since 2009