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“HCR”

An active company already has this name

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Same or very similar names

6 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • H.C.R same name
    Abbreviation of HABITAT CONSTRUCTION · General construction of residential buildings · Seraing · since 1989
  • HCR same name
    Abbreviation of Hockey Club Roeselare · Contract catering and other food service activities · Roeselare · since 2013
  • H.C.R same name
    Abbreviation of Horse's Corner Event · Operation of sports facilities · Wavre · since 2014
  • HCR same name
    Buying and selling of own real estate · Rouvroy · since 2024
  • HCR same name
    Abbreviation of HC Rodeland · Retail sale of other sporting goods · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2025
  • HCR same namein bankruptcy or liquidation
    Abbreviation of HAJJI CONSTRUCTION & RENOVATION · General construction of residential buildings · since 2022
Names that resemble it 12 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • HCRM similar
    Abbreviation of Handball Club Renaissance Montegnée · Ans · since 2005
  • H.C. similar
    Abbreviation of Royal Hippocampe Club · Charleroi · since 1949
  • H.C. similar
    Abbreviation of Hydro-Create Inter · Waterbouw, muv baggerwerken · Héron · since 1989
  • HC similar
    Abbreviation of HOLVOET CONSULTING · Activities of holding companies · Zoersel · since 2015
  • HC similar
    Activities of notaries · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 2016
  • HC similar
    Abbreviation of Harold Consult · Business and other management consultancy · Elsene · since 2021
  • HC similar
    General construction of residential buildings · Begijnendijk · since 2023
  • H.C. similar
    Abbreviation of HORSE-CONSULTING · Begijnendijk · since 2008
  • HC similar
    Abbreviation of HABIB COUTURE · Brussel · since 2010
  • HC similar
    Abbreviation of Haleelo Company · On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · Kraainem · since 2024
  • Sole trader similar
    Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2025
  • HC similar
    Abbreviation of HIRA CONSULT · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 2026

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. A name can be free in the register and still be protected as a trademark. Trademarks are searched in the registers of the Benelux Office for Intellectual Property (BOIP, boip.int) and the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO, euipo.europa.eu).
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