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 Trading”
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
37 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Wholesale of diamonds and other precious stones · Antwerpen · since 2020
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Other business support services · Zwevegem · since 2023
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Antwerpen · since 2015
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Joinery installation · Overijse · since 2022
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Other non-specialised retail sale · ARNHEM · since 2023
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Temse · since 2019
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Antwerpen · since 1996
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Cafés and bars · Bree · since 1998
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Computer programming · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 1999
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Retail sale of hardware, building materials, paint and glass (general range) · Andenne · since 2000
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Retail sale of automotive fuel · Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 2001
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Activities of holding companies · Hamont-Achel · since 2002
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Agents in the wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco · Lanaken · since 2014
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Aarschot · since 2016
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Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Vilvoorde · since 2019
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Brussel · since 2019
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's-Gravenhage · since 2019
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Groothandel in huismeubilair · Steenokkerzeel · since 2019
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2020
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Oosterzele · since 2020
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Other business support services · Deinze · since 2021
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Antwerpen · since 2021
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Cafés and bars · since 2021
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Anderlecht · since 2023
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Dilbeek · since 2023
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Wholesale of other food products · Antwerpen · since 2023
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Boom · since 2010
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Wholesale of construction materials, general range · Thuin · since 2010
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Business and other management consultancy · Lier · since 2012
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Wholesale of other machinery and equipment · Zwevegem · since 2004
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Wired, wireless and satellite telecommunications · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2004
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Advertising agencies · since 2007
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2023
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2024
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Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2019
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Antwerpen · since 2023
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since 2023
Names that resemble it 18 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of HOT GLASS HANDLING TRADING · Agents in the wholesale of industrial machinery, ships and aircraft · Brugge · since 2012
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Ukkel · since 2013
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Ham-sur-Heure-Nalinnes · since 2022
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Wholesale of motor vehicle parts and accessories · Perwez · since 2011
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Agents in the wholesale of furniture, household goods and hardware · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2012
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 2008
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Schaarbeek · since 2024
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Niet-gespecialiseerde groothandel in diepgevroren voedingsmiddelen · Anderlecht · since 2024
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Name of an establishment of MANAV GROUP · Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · Heusden-Zolder · since 2017
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Detailhandel in vis en schaal- en weekdieren · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2009
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Wholesale of other machinery and equipment · Staden · since 2006
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Name of Primelabs · Activities of holding companies · Puurs-Sint-Amands · since 2024
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Groothandel in overig textiel · since 2025
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Agents in the wholesale of textiles, clothing, fur, footwear and leather goods · since 2026
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Evere · since 1990
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Antwerpen · since 2014
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since 2009
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Inzameling van ongevaarlijk afval · Maldegem · since 2018