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.
“HAMBRE”
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
15 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Dendermonde · since 2022
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Liège · since 1973
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Cafés and bars · Sint-Truiden · since 2002
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General medical practice · Fernelmont · since 2014
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Retail sale of women's outerwear · since 2014
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1995
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Retail sale of women's outerwear · since 1980
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Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · since 1983
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Tournai · since 2010
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Advertising agencies · Nandrin · since 2004
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Day spas, saunas and steam baths · since 2008
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Elsene · since 1988
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Support activities for crop production · Ieper · since 1997
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Business and other management consultancy · Vilvoorde · since 2020
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Anderlecht · since 2003
Names that resemble it 10 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Patiëntenvervoer per ambulance · Gent · since 2014
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Abbreviation of La Chambre de l'Art et de la Culture Euro-Méditérranéenne · Alfabetiseringsprogramma's ten behoeve van volwassenen · Brussel · since 2017
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Lessines · since 2024
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Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Truiden · since 2017
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Villers-la-Ville · since 1985
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Insulation installation · since 2004
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2006
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Post-production of films, video and television programmes · Mons · since 2020
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Retail sale of cosmetics and toilet articles · Elsene · since 2009
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Charleroi · since 1907