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Compared with the KBO register · free

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.

“HCMA”

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

1 registered enterprise with a name easily confused with yours.

  • HCMA same name
    Activities of head offices · Keerbergen · since 2023
Names that resemble it 17 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • H.C.M. similar
    Abbreviation of Harmonie Communale de Marche-En-Famenne · Marche-en-Famenne · since 1963
  • HCM similar
    Abbreviation of Handelscentrum Merelbeke · Merelbeke-Melle · since 1982
  • H.C.M. similar
    Abbreviation of HAINAUT CARS MECANIQUE · Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Mons · since 2008
  • HCM similar
    Name of an establishment of HCMVISION · Business and other management consultancy · Hasselt · since 2009
  • HCM² similar
    Abbreviation of HUMAN COMPETENCE MANAGEMENT · Employment placement agencies · Antwerpen · since 2010
  • HCM BV similar
    Zwolle · since 2008
  • HCM similar
    Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2026
  • HCM similar
    Abbreviation of Hospital Care Management · Rixensart · since 2026
  • General medical practice · since 1998
  • HCMK similar
    Name of an establishment of Network Express Group · Retail sale of motorcycles and motorcycle parts and accessories · Gent · since 2017
  • HCMC similar
    Abbreviation of HEALTH & CARE MEDICAL CENTER · Andere ambulante revalidatieactiviteiten · Braine-le-Comte · since 2004
  • HCMH similar
    Full-service restaurants · Alken · since 2005
  • H.C. Malmedy similar
    Abbreviation of Handball Club de Malmedy · Malmedy · since 1990
  • HC Machinery similar
    Name of an establishment of Hermans Company · Groothandel in machines, werktuigen en toebehoren voor de landbouw · Rijkevorsel · since 1988
  • HCMC similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Abbreviation of HALTER COM MEDIA CONTENT · Vorst · since 2021
  • HCMS (sole trader) similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Vervaardiging van schakel- en verdeelinrichtingen · since 2011
  • H.C.M.D. similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Agents in the wholesale of timber and building materials · Waterloo · since 2003

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