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Name check

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.

“H-UP”

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.

  • H.U.P. same name
    Abbreviation of Harmonie Union & Progres de Tangissart · Charleroi · since 1993
  • H-UP same name
    Fleurus · since 2015
  • H-UP same name
    Sports and recreation education · Fleurus · since 2024
  • HUP same name
    Abbreviation of Huysmans Urban Practice · Urban planning and landscape architecture · Elsene · since 2025
  • Hup Hup very similar
    Name of an establishment of DORAN SPORT · Fitness centres · Lanaken · since 2026
Names that resemble it 13 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • Hupo similar
    Koksijde · since 1984
  • HUPE similar
    Full-service restaurants · Lanaken · since 1999
  • HUPE similar
    Rechtstreekse verzekeringsverrichtingen leven · Fleurus · since 2000
  • Hupa similar
    Support activities for crop production · Lievegem · since 2009
  • HUPA similar
    Retail sale of souvenirs and religious articles · Ranst · since 2024
  • HUPAC SA similar
    Vervaardiging van locomotieven en ander rollend materieel voor spoorwegen · Chiasso · since 1991
  • HUPAS similar
    Saint-Nicolas · since 1991
  • HUPHI similar
    Abbreviation of HUPHI RONQUIERES · Retail sale of hardware, building materials, paint and glass (general range) · Braine-le-Comte · since 1997
  • HUPLA similar
    Trade name of Hulshout Plastics · Machining of metals · Hulshout · since 2018
  • HUPPY similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Waterloo · since 2021
  • HUPIN similar
    Wholesale of pharmaceutical and medical goods · Waterloo · since 2025
  • HU similar
    Abbreviation of HUMAINS UNIS - HUMANS UNITED · Oudergem · since 2014
  • HU similar
    Abbreviation of HALDER UNITED · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2010

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