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.
“HECOPP”
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
3 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Riemst · since 2019
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Aywaille · since 2012
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Abbreviation of Healthcare Public Procurement · Openbare Centra voor Maatschappelijk Welzijn (OCMW) · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2003
Names that resemble it 12 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2023
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Lanaken · since 2009
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Plumbing work · since 2010
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Abbreviation of Holistische Ecologische Societeit · Antwerpen · since 1992
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Business and other management consultancy · Ardooie · since 2021
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 2021
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Mechelen · since 2024
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Business and other management consultancy · Asse · since 2025
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General construction of residential buildings · Kruisem · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 2003
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Namur · since 2019
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Name of an establishment of HE-CO CONSTRUCT · Joinery installation · Bocholt · since 2016