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Is your company name already in the register?

Compared with the KBO register · free

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.

“HECTOR 2”

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

10 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • HECTOR 2 same name
    Vermogensbeheer · Waregem · since 2014
  • H. ECTOR very similar
    Mechelen · since 1990
  • HECTOR very similar
    Trade name of SOREBEL · Full-service restaurants · Elsene · since 1994
  • HECTOR very similar
    Vermogensbeheer · Schilde · since 2014
  • Hector very similar
    Activities of holding companies · Zedelgem · since 2020
  • HECTOR very similar
    Vermogensbeheer · Dentergem · since 2022
  • HECTOR 1 very similar
    Vermogensbeheer · Waregem · since 2014
  • HECTORY very similar
    Full-service restaurants · Middelkerke · since 2021
  • HECTOR very similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Blankenberge · since 1985
  • Hector very similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Kasterlee · since 2008
Names that resemble it 17 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • Hector II similar
    Vermogensbeheer · Schilde · since 2022
  • HectoR HR similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Langemark-Poelkapelle · since 2022
  • Heyhector similar
    Employment placement agencies · Kortrijk · since 2026
  • Sole trader similar
    since 2014
  • Sole trader similar
    Other information technology and computer services · since 2021
  • Sole trader similar
    Activities of lawyers · since 2000
  • Sole trader similar
    Physiotherapy · since 2004
  • HECTOGON similar
    Other information service activities · Bertem · since 2016
  • Activities of holding companies · Ukkel · since 1996
  • Employment placement agencies · Diest · since 2019
  • Sole trader similar
    since 2023
  • Sole trader similar
    Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · since 2023
  • Sole trader similar
    Nutrition and dietetics services · since 1980
  • Sole trader similar
    Plastering work · since 2007
  • Sole trader similar
    Video and film production, excluding cinema and television films · since 2025
  • Sole trader similar
    Other education · since 2026
  • Sole trader similar
    Plumbing work · since 2026

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