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.
“HAI”
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.
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Retail sale of women's outerwear · Waterloo · since 2019
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Abbreviation of Hannah Arendt Instituut voor burgerschap, stedelijkheid en diversiteit · Officieel hoger onderwijs · Mechelen · since 2020
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Name of an establishment of MAGOMA · Computer programming · Eghezée · since 2022
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Other retail sale of food · Mons · since 2025
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Full-service restaurants · Tournai · since 2018
Names that resemble it 48 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Detailhandel in vlees van wild en van gevogelte · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 1986
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Abbreviation of HESBAYE ACCUEIL -INSERTION-EDUCATION · Waremme · since 1987
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Abbreviation of HEBERGEMENT ET AIDE AUX INSUFFISANTS MENTAUX · Instellingen met huisvesting voor volwassenen met een mentale handicap · Andenne · since 1992
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Manufacture of jewellery · Brasschaat · since 1997
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2015
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1979
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2000
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Hairdressing and barber services · Merchtem · since 2019
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2000
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Abbreviation of Hub Aviation & IT services · Personenvervoer door de lucht · Morlanwelz · since 2022
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Name of an establishment of BRIGHTFOX Belgium · Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Kontich · since 2009
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Hairdressing and barber services · Genappe · since 2011
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Abbreviation of Centrum voor Permanent Educatie en multiculturele beweging "Haiq" · Jette · since 2011
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Wholesale of information and communication equipment · Pajottegem · since 2012
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2012
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2010
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Hairdressing and barber services · Perwez · since 2008
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2024
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Computer programming · Westerlo · since 2024
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General electrical installation work · Ranst · since 2025
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Computer programming · Gent · since 2025
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Sprimont · since 1986
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Retail sale of flowers, plants, seeds and fertilisers · Brussel · since 1987
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2013
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Advertising agencies · since 2000
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Hairdressing and barber services · Kontich · since 2015
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Computer programming · since 2015
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Full-service restaurants · since 1971
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Vermogensbeheer · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2017
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2019
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2002
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Oostrozebeke · since 2021
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Boutersem · since 2021
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2022
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2006
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Speur- en ontwikkelingswerk op het gebied van de maatschappij- en geesteswetenschappen · Aalst · since 2008
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Translation services · Gent · since 2023
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General cleaning of buildings · since 2024
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Almere · since 2024
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Activities of head offices · Menen · since 2024
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Roofing work · since 2025
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Activities of lawyers · Oostkamp · since 2025
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2026
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Abbreviation of HUMAN ACTS · Elsene · since 2013
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Abbreviation of Henri-August · Hotels and similar accommodation · Antwerpen · since 2018
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Name of an establishment of Gourmet Traveller · Full-service restaurants · Gent · since 2020
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Abbreviation of HORSE ADVENTURE · Raising of horses and other equines · Celles (lez-Tournai) · since 2023
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Abbreviation of VZW HELGA AMEYE · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2026