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.
“HANDIS”
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
17 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Repair and maintenance of machinery · Heusden-Zolder · since 2022
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Other retail sale of food · since 1987
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Other amusement and recreation activities · Oostende · since 2013
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Other building finishing work · since 2021
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Specialist medical practice · Etterbeek · since 2023
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Merchtem · since 1974
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Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · Hasselt · since 2000
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Mons · since 2001
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Manufacture of other builders' carpentry and joinery · since 1985
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Full-service restaurants · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of Interkommunale Ontwikkelingsmaatschappij voor de Kempen · Openbaar bestuur op het gebied van het bedrijfsleven; stimuleren van het bedrijfsleven · Geel · since 1968
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Charleroi · since 1986
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Other specialised construction activities · Lier · since 2014
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Genk · since 2024
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Dental practice · Antwerpen · since 2025
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Other business support services · Geel · since 2026
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Charleroi · since 1986
Names that resemble it 41 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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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Beringen · since 2000
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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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Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2012
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Abbreviation of Have A Nice Day · Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Welkenraedt · since 2024
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Cafés and bars · Haaltert · since 1923
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Dendermonde · since 1906
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Deerlijk · since 1977
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Abbreviation of HAND IN HAND TEGEN RACISME · Other membership organisations · Antwerpen · since 1984
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Gent · since 1995
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Anderlecht · since 2000
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Full-service restaurants
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Other amusement and recreation activities · La Louvière · since 2015
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Renting and leasing of cars and light motor vehicles · Braine-le-Comte · since 2016
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Philippeville · since 2018
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Other personal services · since 2021
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Mons · since 2010
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Oudsbergen · since 2014
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Activities of head offices · Deinze · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2006
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Hoogstraten · since 2023
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Manufacture of medical and dental instruments and supplies · Ninove · since 1982
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Namur · since 2002
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Contract catering and other food service activities · Ham-sur-Heure-Nalinnes · since 2015
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General cleaning of buildings · since 2022
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Other building finishing work · since 2000
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Charleroi · since 2018
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Brussel · since 2020
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Other specialised construction activities · since 2020
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HELMOND · since 2006
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General cleaning of buildings · Antwerpen · since 2024
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Activities of holding companies · Kruisem · since 1999
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since 2001
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Agents in the wholesale of industrial machinery, ships and aircraft · Mons · since 2003
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Mons · since 2024
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Name of an establishment of VAN WONTERGHEM · General electrical installation work · since 2007
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Oostende · since 1933
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Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · Ukkel · since 1997
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since 2012
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Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · since 2013