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.
“HAKY”
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
1 registered enterprise with a name easily confused with yours.
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Grimbergen · since 2006
Names that resemble it 19 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Name of an establishment of Atelier Langemunt · Reparatie en onderhoud van schoeisel en lederwaren · Gent · since 1992
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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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Abbreviation of Hobokense Atletiek Impuls · Antwerpen · since 1980
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Abbreviation of Huisartsenkring Maasland · Activities of professional membership organisations · Maasmechelen · since 1981
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Dilsen-Stokkem · since 1990
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Groothandel in uurwerken en sieraden · Antwerpen · since 2015
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Retail sale of women's outerwear · Namur · since 2018
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Vermogensbeheer · Brasschaat · since 2018
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Andelst · since 2019
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Antwerpen · since 2022
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Activities of building architects · Sint-Niklaas · since 2010
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Vervaardiging van metalen deuren en vensters · Izegem · since 2005
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Abbreviation of Harmonie Kastel · Hamme (Vl.) · since 2025
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General electrical installation work · Maldegem · since 2025
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Pet care services, excluding veterinary services · since 2025
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Ans · since 1982