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.
“HANDMAN”
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
12 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Charleroi · since 2005
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Other specialised construction activities · Anderlecht · since 2018
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Painting of buildings · since 2019
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Other business support services · since 2022
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Productie van televisieprogramma's · Leuven · since 1997
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Antwerpen · since 2012
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Other specialised design activities · Anzegem · since 2013
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Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · Enghien · since 2017
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Other professional, scientific and technical activities · since 2017
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Veurne · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of SLS SELECTION · Removal services · since 2015
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Bricklaying and masonry work · since 2010
Names that resemble it 33 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Vervaardiging van gebreide en gehaakte stoffen · since 1985
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Manufacture of jewellery · since 2016
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Repair and maintenance of other personal and household goods · since 2024
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Ukkel · since 1993
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Event catering · since 2017
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Construction of roads and motorways · since 2007
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since 2011
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Mortsel · since 2024
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · De Panne · since 2025
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2026
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Other specialised design activities · since 2025
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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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Abbreviation of Have A Nice Day · Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Welkenraedt · since 2024
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Other amusement and recreation activities · since 2014
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Detailhandel in breigarens, handwerken en fournituren · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of BRANDALL · Graphic design and visual communication · Brakel · since 2017
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Brussel · since 1995
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Mons · since 2001
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Oudsbergen · since 2014
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Antwerpen · since 2014
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Other retail sale of food · since 1987
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Design of textile patterns, clothing, jewellery, furniture and decorative items · since 2020
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Activities of head offices · Deinze · since 2022
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Manufacture of imitation jewellery and related articles · since 2022
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Leuven · since 2010
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Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2006
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Visual arts creation · Gent · since 2025
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Retail sale of prescription glasses, lenses and sunglasses · Brussel · since 2026
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Koksijde · since 1987
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Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · Ukkel · since 1997
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since 2012