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.
“HECKE”
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
14 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 1968
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Blégny · since 2019
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Antwerpen · since 1948
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Liège · since 1976
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Plumbing work · Aalter · since 1978
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Business and other management consultancy · Aalst · since 2015
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General construction of residential buildings · since 1998
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Pig breeding farms · Oudenburg · since 2009
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Business and other management consultancy · Kalmthout · since 2004
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Name of an establishment of BAKKERIJ GIJBELS · Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · Schoten · since 2006
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Full-service restaurants · Gent · since 2025
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Name of an establishment of HILDE VAN HECKE · Agents and brokers in banking services · Evergem · since 2018
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Office administrative and support services · Balen · since 2019
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Name of an establishment · Business and other management consultancy · Boortmeerbeek · since 2010
Names that resemble it 20 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Warehousing and storage · Eupen · since 1990
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Full-service restaurants · Harelbeke · since 2020
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Activities of lawyers · since 2023
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Sports and recreation education · since 2015
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Activities of lawyers · since 2020
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Other specialised design activities · Lessines · since 2008
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Abbreviation of Dimmoti · Antwerpen · since 1993
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2022
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Abbreviation of Huyck Energie Consulting · Other professional, scientific and technical activities · Londerzeel · since 2024
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Abbreviation of Heirman Energy Consulting · Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Meise · since 2026
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Detailhandel in baby- en kinderbovenkleding · since 1980
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since 2021
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since 1992
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Holiday cottages, homes and apartments · since 2025
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Proefboren en boren · Wingene · since 1991
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · since 1993
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Activities of building architects · since 1982
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Other business support services · Lontzen · since 1997
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Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 1977
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Asse · since 1992