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.
“HANSOM”
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
6 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Real estate agency activities · Mechelen · since 2011
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Detailhandel in onderkleding, lingerie en strand- en badkleding · Ukkel · since 2004
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2025
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2004
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Other professional, scientific and technical activities · Opwijk · since 2015
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Business and other management consultancy · Beersel · since 2022
Names that resemble it 26 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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since 1992
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Ukkel · since 1988
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Abbreviation of Hulp aan Nieuwe Start · Antwerpen · since 1984
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Activities of holding companies · Vorselaar · since 2016
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Gent · since 2018
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1992
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Name of an establishment of MOFTI · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Oostende · since 2022
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Sint-Katelijne-Waver · since 2009
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Amel · since 2010
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Day spas, saunas and steam baths · since 2024
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Manufacture of outerwear · Chaudfontaine · since 2025
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Cultural education · since 2021
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Dental practice · since 2017
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General electrical installation work · since 1995
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Other construction installation · since 2018
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Trade name of BUS DE POLDER · Non-scheduled passenger transport by road · Antwerpen · since 1988
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Full-service restaurants · since 2016
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Other professional, scientific and technical activities · since 2021
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Vermogensbeheer · Oudergem · since 2020
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Detailhandel in vlees van wild en van gevogelte · Sint-Katelijne-Waver · since 2023
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Full-service restaurants · Brussel · since 2008
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Mortsel · since 2009
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Activities of holding companies · Antwerpen · since 2007
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Video and film production, excluding cinema and television films · since 2026
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Activities of head offices · Beernem · since 2026
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Antwerpen · since 1968