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.
“HABEAS”
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
9 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Business and other management consultancy · Awans · since 2009
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Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2021
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Business and other management consultancy · Aartselaar · since 2011
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Vervaardiging van andere meubelen, n.e.g. · Schilde · since 2019
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Name of an establishment of CHRISTOPHE HABETS · Activities of company auditors · Voeren · since 2002
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Name of an establishment of Société d'avocat Amélie HABETS · Activities of lawyers · Aubel · since 2019
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Abbreviation of BRABANT HABENS · Business and other management consultancy · Lubbeek · since 2007
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Business and other management consultancy · Awans · since 2018
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Oostkamp · since 1993
Names that resemble it 14 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of Human Appeal Belgium ASBL · Other social work without accommodation · Brussel · since 2022
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Cafés and bars · Gavere · since 1970
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Retail sale of antiques · Liège · since 1970
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Nuth · since 1980
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Property management for co-owned buildings (syndics) · La Louvière · since 1989
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Name of an establishment of HABEMO INVEST · Other business support services · Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 1992
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Activities of building architects · since 2018
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Full-service restaurants · Kortrijk · since 2017
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Business and other management consultancy · Gistel · since 2018
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2019
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Vocational training · since 1998
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Knokke-Heist · since 2019
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Other business support services · Nieuwpoort · since 2008
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Antwerpen · since 1982