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.
“HATS”
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
4 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Vervaardiging van overige kleding en toebehoren, n.e.g. · Brussel · since 1990
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Tourist information services · Gent · since 1994
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Brussel · since 1994
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Groothandel in kledingaccessoires · Brussel · since 2016
Names that resemble it 21 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Wevelgem · since 1991
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Drogenbos · since 2026
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Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1988
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Abbreviation of HERMANS - ALGEMENE TECHNIEKEN · General electrical installation work · Lummen · since 1993
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Abbreviation of health and trade network · Brussel · since 2016
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2022
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Vermogensbeheer · Ukkel · since 2020
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Handelsbemiddeling in de groothandel in landbouwgrondstoffen, levende dieren en textielgrondstoffen en halffabricaten · Anderlecht · since 2025
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Vervaardiging van schuurmiddelen · Court-Saint-Etienne · since 1982
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Heusden-Zolder · since 1992
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Abbreviation of Haspengouw.TV · Sint-Truiden · since 2016
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Visual arts creation · Elsene · since 2016
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Trade name of Hauto · Pet care services, excluding veterinary services · Brugge · since 2019
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Site preparation · Mettet · since 2021
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Sombreffe · since 2023
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Funeral services · Veurne · since 2010
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Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2006
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Abbreviation of Habitats Foundation · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2023
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Retail sale of flowers, plants, seeds and fertilisers · since 2024
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Activities of building architects · since 2024
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Cutting, shaping and finishing of stone · since 1989