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.
“HAP Centrum”
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
32 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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General medical practice · Oostende · since 2017
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Vrij gesubsidieerd gewoon algemeen secundair onderwijs · Sint-Truiden · since 1997
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Heist-op-den-Berg · since 1971
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Retie · since 1935
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Putte · since 1981
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Name of an establishment of KONINKLIJK HASSELTS OPERETTENGEZELSCHAP · Performing arts by artistic ensembles · Hasselt · since 1986
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Herent · since 1992
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Name of an establishment of Stad Antwerpen · Diensten in verband met vervoer over water · Antwerpen · since 1929
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Name of an establishment of Openbaar Centrum voor Maatschappelijk Welzijn van Antwerpen · Openbare Centra voor Maatschappelijk Welzijn (OCMW) · Antwerpen · since 1968
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Abbreviation of VAN VRACEM - VAN BRABANT · Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Antwerpen · since 1960
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Izegem · since 1968
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Antwerpen · since 1957
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Abbreviation of Handelaars Centrum · Leuven · since 1975
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Antwerpen · since 1982
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Lier · since 1989
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Abbreviation of Cultureel Centrum Ter Schelde · Antwerpen · since 1990
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Name of an establishment of LIMBURGSE BROODJESBAR · Full-service restaurants · Rijkevorsel · since 2002
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Groothandel in vloer- en wandtegels · Antwerpen · since 2012
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Hooglede · since 2014
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Full-service restaurants
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Cafés and bars · since 2023
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Cafés and bars · since 2011
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2011
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Full-service restaurants · since 1985
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Name of an establishment of Openbaar Centrum voor Maatschappelijk Welzijn van Geel · Openbare Centra voor Maatschappelijk Welzijn (OCMW) · Geel · since 1968
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Name of an establishment of Openbaar Centrum voor Maatschappelijk Welzijn van Laakdal · Openbare Centra voor Maatschappelijk Welzijn (OCMW) · Laakdal · since 1977
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Name of an establishment of VOLUIT · Retail sale of lighting equipment · Evergem · since 1980
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Name of an establishment of Nido vzw · Instellingen met huisvesting voor volwassenen met een mentale handicap · Brussel · since 1986
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Evergem · since 2007
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Lokeren · since 1965
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Affligem · since 1977
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Retie · since 1977
Names that resemble it 16 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Ardooie · since 1981
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Antwerpen · since 1990
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Wholesale of household textiles and bedding · since 2010
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Name of an establishment of VERANNEMAN ANTWERPEN · Retail sale of medical and orthopaedic goods, excluding prescription glasses and lenses · Antwerpen · since 1999
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Abbreviation of Parochiaal Centrum Steenbrugge · Brugge · since 1956
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Kalmthout · since 1996
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Reparatie en onderhoud van schoeisel en lederwaren · since 2014
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Cafés and bars · since 2003
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Name of an establishment of LUDISA · Full-service restaurants · Veurne · since 2011
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Name of an establishment of DEN OUWE · Cafés and bars · Kalmthout · since 2008
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Name of an establishment of KENDIA · Cafés and bars · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2026
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Other personal services · since 2018
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Name of an establishment of STEMAN · Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Anderlecht · since 2014
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Verhuur en exploitatie van terreinen · Schaarbeek · since 2010
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Name of an establishment of S3N · Cafés and bars · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of ARTOIS · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2006