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.
“HERCHA”
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
9 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Property management for co-owned buildings (syndics) · Ieper · since 1993
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Full-service restaurants · Oostende · since 2022
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Abbreviation of Cercle d'histoire de Chastre · Chastre · since 2026
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Knokke-Heist · since 2017
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Other business support services · Grimbergen · since 2020
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Sint-Truiden · since 2005
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Dilbeek · since 1999
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Wholesale of fruit and vegetables, excluding potatoes · since 2023
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Inland freight water transport · Antwerpen · since 2026
Names that resemble it 13 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Operation of sports facilities · Olen · since 1991
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Insurance agents and brokers · Herk-de-Stad · since 1998
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Vervaardiging van buizen, pijpen, holle profielen en fittings daarvoor, van staal · Houthalen-Helchteren · since 2005
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Coating of metals · since 2022
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Computer programming · Jette · since 1982
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Diksmuide · since 1982
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Manufacture of other wood products · De Haan · since 1989
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Wholesale of information and communication equipment · since 1992
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Ardooie · since 2018
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Vermogensbeheer · Mechelen · since 2013
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Vervaardiging van elektromotoren en van elektrische generatoren en transformatoren · Boutersem · since 2011
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Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Martens-Latem · since 2006
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Machining of metals · Houthalen-Helchteren · since 1987