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Compared with the KBO register · free

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.

“HERTOG”

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.

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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

18 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • HERTOG same name
    Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Elsene · since 1999
  • HERTOGS very similar
    Support activities for crop production · Arendonk · since 1988
  • HERTOGS very similar
    Activities of lawyers · Ukkel · since 2000
  • HERTOGS (sole trader) very similar
    Joinery installation · since 1994
  • HERTOGEN very similar
    Waregem · since 1989
  • HERTOGEN very similar
    Buying and selling of own real estate · Brugge · since 1994
  • HERTOGHS very similar
    Activities of holding companies · Vosselaar · since 2013
  • HERTOGHS (sole trader) very similar
    Other sports activities · since 2008
  • Hertog, Jan (sole trader) very similar
    since 2005
  • HERTOG JAN very similar
    Rusthuizen voor ouderen (ROB) · Kortenberg · since 2012
  • Hertog Jan very similar
    Name of an establishment of KALON · Full-service restaurants · Zedelgem · since 2006
  • DE HERTOG very similar
    Wholesale of other machinery and equipment · Ternat · since 2000
  • DE HERTOG (sole trader) very similar
    Inland freight water transport · since 2020
  • Hertog, Pieter (sole trader) very similar
    Other business support services · since 2023
  • DEN HERTOG very similar
    Other amusement and recreation activities · Olen · since 1997
  • Den Hertog very similar
    Buying and selling of own real estate · Roeselare · since 2025
  • Den Hertog (sole trader) very similar
    Full-service restaurants · since 2026
  • Hertog, Bart (sole trader) very similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Repair and maintenance of machinery · since 2020
Names that resemble it 45 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.

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