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Name check

Compared with the KBO register · free

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.

“HAMLAND”

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

3 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • HAMLAND same name
    Activities of head offices · Lokeren · since 1995
  • HARLAND very similar
    Other business support services · Beersel · since 1994
  • Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · since 2016
Names that resemble it 8 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • HALALAND similar
    Nantes · since 2009
  • Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · since 2014
  • HAND similar
    Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Marche-en-Famenne · since 2019
  • H.A.N.D similar
    Abbreviation of Have A Nice Day · Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Welkenraedt · since 2024
  • HAVILAND similar
    Abbreviation of Intercommunale Maatschappij voor de Ruimtelijke Ordening en de Economisch- Sociale Expansie van het Arrondissement Halle-Vilvoorde · Overig algemeen overheidsbestuur · Asse · since 1968
  • Hageland similar
    Mechelen · since 1984
  • Full-service restaurants · since 2015
  • HAYKLAND similar
    Freight transport by road · Beloeil · since 2017

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