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.
“HAMMES”
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
8 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Freight transport by road · Sankt Vith · since 1965
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Name of an establishment of Lemmieland · Day nurseries and crèches · Gent · since 2018
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BASINGSTOKE HAMPSHIRE · since 2013
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Name of an establishment of HAMMENS LUC bv · Other postal and courier activities · Deinze · since 2015
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 2022
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Bütgenbach · since 1994
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Activiteiten van bejaardenzorg aan huis, muv (thuis)verpleging · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1999
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Full-service restaurants · since 2012
Names that resemble it 13 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Agents and managers of artists, athletes and other public figures · Leuven · since 2013
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Pre-press and pre-media services · Hamme (Vl.) · since 2015
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Joinery installation · since 2022
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Hairdressing and barber services · Seraing · since 2019
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Name of an establishment of PRESS SHOP AND MORE · Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · Grimbergen · since 1930
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Other publishing activities, excluding software publishing · Lasne · since 1998
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Kortrijk · since 2022
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Brakel · since 2026
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Other business support services · Lennik · since 2020
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Business and other management consultancy · Grimbergen · since 2009
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since 2010
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Full-service restaurants · Oud-Turnhout · since 2024
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Herk-de-Stad · since 2016