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.
“HAMRO”
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
11 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Full-service restaurants · Kapellen · since 2017
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Overijse · since 1981
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Groothandel in uurwerken en sieraden · Seraing · since 2021
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Antwerpen · since 1992
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Wholesale of other food products · Gent · since 2025
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Aarschot · since 2023
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Wholesale of agricultural produce and animal feed, general range · Wingene · since 1989
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Abbreviation of BELGISCHE ASSOCIATIE VOOR MENSENRECHTEN EN ONTWIKKELING · Aalst · since 2015
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Abbreviation of HALLE ASSET MANAGEMENT CONSORTIUM · Business and other management consultancy · Halle · since 2015
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General electrical installation work · Ronse · since 2010
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Herk-de-Stad · since 2016
Names that resemble it 12 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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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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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Brussel · since 2020
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Wholesale of motor vehicle parts and accessories · since 2026
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Nursing and midwifery · since 2025
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since 2025
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since 2026