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.
“HEK”
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
4 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Other specialised construction activities · Mol · since 2005
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Employment placement agencies · since 2012
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Schelle · since 2024
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General electrical installation work · Dendermonde · since 2026
Names that resemble it 19 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of Bouwbedrijf Heka BV · Made · since 1975
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Other financial services · Pajottegem · since 1988
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Sports and recreation education · since 2020
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General electrical installation work · since 2021
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Bree · since 2004
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Wholesale of construction materials, general range · Herentals · since 1995
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Full-service restaurants · Hasselt · since 1997
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Anderlecht · since 1998
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Business and other management consultancy · Rijkevorsel · since 2013
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Paris · since 2013
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Event catering · since 2017
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General electrical installation work · since 2017
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Abbreviation of ASSOCIATION DES BANEN DU BENELUX · Brussel · since 2012
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Rijkevorsel · since 2025
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Abbreviation of HALLE EVENTS VZW · Activiteiten van pret- en themaparken · Halle · since 2013
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Full-service restaurants · Maldegem · since 2013
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Asse · since 2009
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Activities of holding companies · Leopoldsburg · since 2023
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Antwerpen · since 2019