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.
“HEMP”
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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Business and other management consultancy · Liège · since 2020
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Business and other management consultancy · Tielt · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of EcoNest · Other specialised construction activities · Houthulst · since 2012
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Name of an establishment · Algemene bouw van kantoorgebouwen · since 2024
Names that resemble it 24 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Ciney · since 2000
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Activities of holding companies · Temse · since 2022
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Knokke-Heist · since 2002
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Abbreviation of High End Montage · Interior design · Meise · since 2023
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Groothandel in installatiemateriaal voor loodgieterswerk en verwarming · Heusden-Zolder · since 2010
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SCHIEDAM · since 2010
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Other building finishing work · Grimbergen · since 2012
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Abbreviation of EDUCATIEF EN CULTURELE AKTIVITEITEN CENTRUM · Genk · since 2005
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Abbreviation of HEMELSOEN ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT · Development of residential building projects · Sint-Niklaas · since 2007
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Abbreviation of High End Microcement · Plastering work · Kalmthout · since 2024
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Bouw van bruggen en tunnels · Geel · since 1983
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Dilbeek · since 1985
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Sankt Vith · since 1987
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Halsteren · since 1989
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Roeselare · since 1989
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Joinery installation · Zelzate · since 1995
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Lanaken · since 1997
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Real estate agency activities · Rijkevorsel · since 2000
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · since 2013
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Business and other management consultancy · Rixensart · since 2021
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Wholesale of electrical equipment, including installation materials · Geel · since 2009
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Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · Sint-Martens-Latem · since 2004
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2025
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Site preparation · since 2013