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.
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
24 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · Hasselt · since 1999
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Abbreviation of Herkenrode Huisartsenkring · General medical practice · Hasselt · since 1984
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Performing arts by independent artists · Hasselt · since 2009
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Full-service restaurants · Hasselt · since 2016
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Veterinary services · Hasselt · since 2021
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Activities of holding companies · Koksijde · since 1993
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Development of residential building projects · Antwerpen · since 2006
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Abbreviation of Wildbeheereenheid Herkenrode · Alken · since 1996
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Abbreviation of Eerstelijnszone Herkenrode · Other social work without accommodation · Hasselt · since 2020
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Support activities for animal production · Hasselt · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of PROXIMUS · Wired, wireless and satellite telecommunications · Schaarbeek · since 1930
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Name of an establishment of PARKING RIVE GAUCHE · Buying and selling of own real estate · Antwerpen · since 2008
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Hasselt · since 2019
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Repair and maintenance of other personal and household goods · since 2015
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Development of non-residential building projects · Hasselt · since 2016
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Name of an establishment of HERITA · Activiteiten van historische locaties en monumenten · Antwerpen · since 1994
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Name of an establishment of Stad Hasselt · Handel in elektriciteit · Hasselt · since 1968
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Beringen · since 1990
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Mixed farming · Hasselt · since 2020
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Gent · since 2011
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Name of an establishment of THEATERCAFE · Cafés and bars · Hasselt · since 2003
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Name of an establishment of Centrum voor Algemeen Welzijnswerk Limburg · Other social work without accommodation · Genk · since 1998
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Hasselt · since 2001
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Abbreviation of Regionale Psychologenkring Herkenrode · Zonhoven · since 2017
Names that resemble it 5 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Name of an establishment of IN OUT DESIGN · Event catering · Heers · since 2016
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Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 1988
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Painting of buildings · Kortemark · since 2017
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Real estate agency activities · Kapellen · since 1990
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Full-service restaurants · Herk-de-Stad · since 1993