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.
“HEMPE”
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
8 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Ciney · since 2000
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SCHIEDAM · since 2010
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Activities of holding companies · Temse · since 2022
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Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2001
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Agents in the wholesale of timber and building materials · Beersel · since 2021
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Verenigingen op het vlak van ziektepreventie en gezondheidsbevordering · Mons · since 2023
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Name of an establishment · Retail sale of wines and spirits · Genappe · since 2009
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Business and other management consultancy · Tervuren · since 2005
Names that resemble it 13 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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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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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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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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Joinery installation · Ninove · since 1999
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2021
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Site preparation · since 2013
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Abbreviation of ELECTRONIQUE MECANIQUE POUR ELECTRONIQUE · Mouscron · since 1978