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.
“HAM”
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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Abbreviation of Honest Arts Movement · Uitgeven van kranten · Assenede · since 1976
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Abbreviation of VAN OORD DREDGING AND MARINE CONTRACTORS BV · ROTTERDAM · since 1980
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Abbreviation of Haizmann Asset Management · Business and other management consultancy · Keerbergen · since 2016
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Abbreviation of Hermes Asset Management · Activities of holding companies · Edegem · since 2021
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Abbreviation of HARUN AKBEL MANAGEMENT · Office administrative and support services · Gent · since 2021
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Abbreviation of APOTHEEK MEES HAACHT MARKT · Retail sale of pharmaceutical products · Haacht · since 2011
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Esneux · since 2006
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Name of an establishment of ALMILA COMPANY · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Hamme (Vl.) · since 2025
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Name of an establishment of AYGUS · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Hamme (Vl.) · since 2009
Names that resemble it 50 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Other business support services · Lennik · since 2020
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Activities of holding companies · Oud-Turnhout · since 2022
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Abbreviation of VERBLIJFSCENTRA VOOR VOLWASSEN PERSONEN MET EEN VERSTANDELIJKE BEPERKING · Instellingen met huisvesting voor volwassenen met een mentale handicap · Elsene · since 1965
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Antwerpen · since 1987
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Wholesale of electrical household appliances and audio-video equipment · Wetteren · since 1993
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Other business support services · Genk · since 1999
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Agents and managers of artists, athletes and other public figures · Leuven · since 2013
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Other building finishing work · since 1996
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Retail sale of chocolate and confectionery · Jabbeke · since 2019
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Abbreviation of Artsenpraktijk De Merel · General medical practice · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2020
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Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Katelijne-Waver · since 2023
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Gouvy · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of HAMA TRANS · On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · Etterbeek · since 2008
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Non-scheduled passenger transport by road · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2007
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2008
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Abbreviation of Harmonia Mina · Performing arts by independent artists · De Haan · since 2024
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Tattoo and piercing services · since 2024
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Other postal and courier activities · since 2026
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Andere drinkgelegenheden · since 2026
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Amersfoort · since 1976
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SAINT-DENIS · since 1980
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Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · Seneffe · since 1980
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Tessenderlo-Ham · since 1985
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Knokke-Heist · since 1989
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Gent · since 1992
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 1992
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Abbreviation of Heureux Abri Momignies · Instellingen met huisvesting voor minderjarigen met een mentale handicap · Momignies · since 1993
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Trade name of FLORENSIS BELGIUM · Wholesale of agricultural produce and animal feed, general range · Puurs-Sint-Amands · since 1999
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Activities of independent sportspeople · since 1986
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Abbreviation of HALLE ASSET MANAGEMENT CONSORTIUM · Business and other management consultancy · Halle · since 2015
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Retail sale of watches and jewellery · Sint-Truiden · since 2016
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Elsene · since 2018
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Vorst · since 2018
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Hannut · since 2018
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Business and other management consultancy · Leuven · since 2019
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Retail sale of beverages, general range · Beringen · since 2020
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Groothandel in uurwerken en sieraden · Seraing · since 2021
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General medical practice · Gent · since 2022
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General electrical installation work · Ronse · since 2010
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · Schaarbeek · since 2008
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Oostkamp · since 2024
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Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Gent · since 2024
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Activities of lawyers · Gavere · since 2024
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Brussel · since 2025
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Antwerpen · since 2025
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Alken · since 2026
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Boomkwekerijen, muv bosboomkwekerijen · since 2003
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Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1923
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Groothandel in tabaksproducten · since 1998
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Montigny-le-Tilleul · since 2014