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.
“HANDAL”
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
13 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Mons · since 2024
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Abbreviation of Handala-Association pour la Culture et le Développement · Liège · since 2025
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Oudsbergen · since 2014
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Agents in the wholesale of industrial machinery, ships and aircraft · Mons · since 2003
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Genk · since 2024
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Schaarbeek · since 2002
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Activities of head offices · Deinze · since 2022
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Brussel · since 2018
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Construction of roads and motorways · Zele · since 2006
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Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2024
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Roofing work · Oostkamp · since 2026
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Oosterzele · since 1987
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Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · since 2013
Names that resemble it 18 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of HEYMANS AND VAN ENGELAND ASSOCIATES · Retail sale of information and communication equipment · Braine-l'Alleud · since 1988
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Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · since 2014
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Marche-en-Famenne · since 2019
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Wholesale of industrial chemicals · Evere · since 2009
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Abbreviation of Have A Nice Day · Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Welkenraedt · since 2024
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Other business support services · since 2015
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Zoersel · since 2016
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Mons · since 2001
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Other retail sale of food · since 1987
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Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2006
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Pet care services, excluding veterinary services · since 2017
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Abbreviation of HANDnepal vzw · Antwerpen · since 2015
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Activities of holding companies · Kruisem · since 1999
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Other building finishing work · since 2021
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Repair and maintenance of machinery · Heusden-Zolder · since 2022
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Specialist medical practice · Etterbeek · since 2023
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Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · Ukkel · since 1997
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since 2012