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.
“HERKERBOS”
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
2 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Real estate agency activities · Hasselt · since 2007
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Activities of holding companies · Nijlen · since 2001
Names that resemble it 13 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Name of an establishment of DE PATIO · Integrale jeugdhulp met huisvesting · Brugge · since 2006
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General construction of residential buildings · Gent · since 1978
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Agents in the wholesale of industrial machinery, ships and aircraft · Schilde · since 2019
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since 1996
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Other specialised construction activities · Brecht · since 2015
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Urban planning and landscape architecture · Brasschaat · since 2003
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Zeewolde · since 2019
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Rijkevorsel · since 2008
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Book publishing · Zoersel · since 2010
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Landscape service activities · since 2025
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Performing arts by independent artists · Hasselt · since 2009
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Finishing of textiles · since 2016
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Abbreviation of HERMANS BOUWONDERNEMING · General construction of residential buildings · Geel · since 1997