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.
“HDW”
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
7 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Abbreviation of Huis Derde Wereld · Antwerpen · since 1990
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Abbreviation of Huisartsen Duffelse Wachtkring · Duffel · since 1991
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Industriële vervaardiging van brood en van vers banketbakkerswerk · Mechelen · since 2019
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Abbreviation of Hoofd-De Wachter · Activities of holding companies · Sint-Katelijne-Waver · since 2021
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Other education · De Panne · since 2008
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Other specialised construction activities · Zedelgem · since 2008
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Real estate agency activities · Knokke-Heist · since 2026
Names that resemble it 14 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of DUIKSCHOOL HANDI DIVERS WET WHEELS · Antwerpen · since 2002
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Court-Saint-Etienne · since 2008
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Abbreviation of Daniel HAESEVOETS · General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Brussel · since 1986
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Retail sale of prescription glasses, lenses and sunglasses · Mons · since 1998
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Diksmuide · since 2017
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Abbreviation of HOLDING DIMAX · Business and other management consultancy · Estaimpuis · since 2018
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Floor and wall tiling · since 2018
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Bodywork repair (including spraying and painting) · since 2019
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Abbreviation of Heritage Dialogue · Antwerpen · since 2020
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Detailhandel in overige bouwmaterialen, n.e.g. · Tremelo · since 2020
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Vermogensbeheer · Schilde · since 2022
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Manufacture of other builders' carpentry and joinery · Deerlijk · since 2009
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Abbreviation of HERSTAL DISCOUNT · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Herstal · since 2003
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Abbreviation of HEMISPHERES-DROITS · Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · Etterbeek · since 2004