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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.

“HECHEM”

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.

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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

8 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • HECHEM same name
    Kortrijk · since 2015
  • HemChem very similar
    Medical imaging and medical laboratories · Wuustwezel · since 2020
  • Event catering · since 2024
  • Echem very similar
    Brugge · since 2016
  • LECHEM very similar
    Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Antwerpen · since 1988
  • HACHEM very similar
    Lasne · since 1989
  • TECHEM very similar
    Activities of holding companies · Brasschaat · since 2014
  • Other postal and courier activities · since 2025
Names that resemble it 15 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • H.E.M. similar
    Abbreviation of High End Montage · Interior design · Meise · since 2023
  • HE.m similar
    Groothandel in installatiemateriaal voor loodgieterswerk en verwarming · Heusden-Zolder · since 2010
  • HEM similar
    Other building finishing work · Grimbergen · since 2012
  • HEM similar
    Abbreviation of EDUCATIEF EN CULTURELE AKTIVITEITEN CENTRUM · Genk · since 2005
  • HEM similar
    Abbreviation of HEMELSOEN ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT · Development of residential building projects · Sint-Niklaas · since 2007
  • HEM similar
    Abbreviation of High End Microcement · Plastering work · Kalmthout · since 2024
  • HECHT similar
    Other printing · Braine-l'Alleud · since 2000
  • Hechi similar
    Full-service restaurants · Kontich · since 2016
  • Hecho similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Tervuren · since 2020
  • HECHA similar
    Other business support services · Grimbergen · since 2020
  • Other education · since 2020
  • Hecht similar
    Pig breeding farms · Wuustwezel · since 2021
  • HECHT similar
    Wetteren · since 2025
  • HEMDEM similar
    Groothandel in reinigingsmiddelen · Schaarbeek · since 2020
  • H.E.M. similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Site preparation · since 2013

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