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.
“HAYS”
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
3 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Temporary employment agencies and other provision of personnel · Kortrijk · since 1991
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Mannheim · since 2018
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2004
Names that resemble it 12 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Waterloo · since 2009
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Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2015
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Agents in the wholesale of furniture, household goods and hardware · Nazareth-De Pinte · since 1993
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Name of HAYM BV · Business and other management consultancy · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2014
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Urban planning and landscape architecture · Maldegem · since 2015
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Name of an establishment of HAYKO · Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Herentals · since 2020
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Freight transport by road · since 2020
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Malmedy · since 2022
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Vervaardiging van andere voedingsmiddelen, n.e.g. · Incourt · since 2023
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Market research and public opinion polling · Leuven · since 2001
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · Liedekerke · since 2013
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Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Pieters-Leeuw · since 2022