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.
“HAKOL”
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
7 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 1991
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Abbreviation of Huisartsenkring Opwijk HAKOP · Specialist medical practice · Opwijk · since 2003
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Fitness centres · since 2006
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Full-service restaurants · Diest · since 2023
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Abbreviation of Huisartsen Noord-Oost Limburg · Kinrooi · since 1992
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Business and other management consultancy · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2023
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Cafés and bars · Anderlecht · since 2025
Names that resemble it 15 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Dilsen-Stokkem · since 1990
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Groothandel in uurwerken en sieraden · Antwerpen · since 2015
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Andelst · since 2019
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Activities of building architects · Sint-Niklaas · since 2010
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General electrical installation work · Maldegem · since 2025
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Joinery installation · Buggenhout · since 1974
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Knokke-Heist · since 2013
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Name of an establishment of Hako Burgerlijke Maatschap · Vermogensbeheer · Mortsel · since 2023
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Abbreviation of Halse Atletiekklub · Halle · since 1985
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Abbreviation of HAGELANDS ADVIESKANTOOR · Scherpenheuvel-Zichem · since 2009
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Gent · since 2023
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Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Tienen · since 2026
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Activities of holding companies · Ardooie · since 2024
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Ans · since 1982
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Development of residential building projects · since 2020