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.
“HB Groep”
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
17 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Full-service restaurants · Zaventem · since 2022
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Lummen · since 2024
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Activities of holding companies · Kortenaken · since 2016
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Name of DEAN-PROJECTS · Combined facilities support activities · Herent · since 2005
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Freight transport by road · since 2018
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Demolition · Roeselare · since 2020
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Other technical testing and analysis · since 2021
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Other business support services · Alken · since 2022
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Freight transport by road · Wemmel · since 2023
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Construction of utility projects for electricity and telecommunications · Antwerpen · since 2023
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Vervaardiging van machines en apparaten voor klimaatregeling, voor niet-huishoudelijk gebruik · Staden · since 2007
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Combined facilities support activities · Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 2007
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Retail sale of automotive fuel · Antwerpen · since 2023
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Wholesale of electrical household appliances and audio-video equipment · Nieuw-Balinge · since 2024
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Floor and wall tiling · since 2025
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Affligem · since 2026
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Roofing work · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 2026
Names that resemble it 11 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Site preparation · Sint-Niklaas · since 2017
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Arendonk · since 2024
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Other specialised construction activities · Lanaken · since 1997
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Painting of buildings · Sint-Gillis-Waas · since 2014
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Retail sale of hardware, building materials, paint and glass (general range) · Kuurne · since 2023
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Zutendaal · since 2012
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Abbreviation of Hasseltse Taxi Maatschappij Groep · On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · Hasselt · since 2007
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Retail sale of hardware, building materials, paint and glass (general range) · since 2020
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Retail sale of automotive fuel · Antwerpen · since 2023
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Other financial services · Buggenhout · since 2025
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Urban planning and landscape architecture · since 2022