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.
“HAS-PEN”
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
15 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Schaarbeek · since 2008
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Lommel · since 2009
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Operation of sports facilities · Antwerpen · since 2017
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Uitgeverijen van muziekopnamen · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2011
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Wuustwezel · since 1992
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Activities of holding companies · Antwerpen · since 2020
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Abbreviation of HENNEN ASSOCIATES · Business and other management consultancy · Aywaille · since 1982
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Abbreviation of Huisartsenkring Scheldeland · Gavere · since 1986
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Abbreviation of UPPERWARE · Buying and selling of own real estate · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 1989
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Abbreviation of Hondenschool en Africhtingsclub Steenhuize (Steenhuize) · Herzele · since 1991
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Retail sale of hardware, building materials, paint and glass (general range) · Geel · since 2003
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Vilvoorde · since 2020
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Trade name of Has Maho · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Antwerpen · since 2021
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Joinery installation · Brecht · since 2022
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Abbreviation of HOTEL AUBERGE DU SOUVERAIN · Hotels and similar accommodation · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2007
Names that resemble it 14 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of VERENIGING VAN MEDEEIGENAARS GEBOUW RESIDENTIE HASPENGOUW TE BORGLOON SITTARDSTRAAT +4 · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 2002
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2020
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Name of an establishment of DE GROOTE LUDWIG · Guest rooms (bed and breakfast) · Heers · since 2008
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Sint-Truiden · since 2022
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Holiday cottages, homes and apartments · Alken · since 2024
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Sint-Truiden · since 2016
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Other business support services · Gent · since 1989
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Full-service restaurants · since 2014
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Contract catering and other food service activities · Dilbeek · since 2017
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Full-service restaurants · Gent · since 2025
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Renting and leasing of sports and recreation goods · Hasselt · since 2024
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Other education · since 2018
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Sint-Truiden · since 2004
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Roofing work · Sint-Truiden · since 1994