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.
“HESCOM”
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
23 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Activities of holding companies · Hasselt · since 2009
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Name of an establishment of HESTERS · Insurance agents and brokers · Zelzate · since 2002
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Groothandel in granen en zaden · Hoogstraten · since 2022
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Activities of holding companies · Rumst · since 2018
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Mechelen · since 2024
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Elsene · since 1979
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Computer programming · Jette · since 1982
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Wholesale of other machinery and equipment · Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 1989
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Abbreviation of WESENBEEK COMMUNICATIE · Productie van televisieprogramma's · Sint-Martens-Latem · since 1989
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Nazareth-De Pinte · since 2001
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Abbreviation of REyskens Sales COnsulting en Management · Business and other management consultancy · Hasselt · since 2002
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Name of an establishment of DESCOM CONSTRUCT · General construction of residential buildings · Oostende · since 2014
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Wholesale of information and communication equipment · since 1992
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Advertising agencies · Denderleeuw · since 2015
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Vermogensbeheer · Mechelen · since 2013
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Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities
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Business and other management consultancy · Kortenberg · since 2021
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Veurne · since 2022
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Freight transport by road · since 2022
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Activiteiten van slachthuizen · Gent · since 2010
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Sint-Martens-Latem · since 1977
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Edegem · since 1983
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Liège · since 1991
Names that resemble it 5 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Business and other management consultancy · Kapellen · since 2001
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Abbreviation of HERES COMMUNICATIONS · Business and other management consultancy · Lasne · since 2002
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Abbreviation of SUTHERLAND COLLEGE OF OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE · Koekelberg · since 1994
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Abbreviation of FACULTE INTERNATIONALE D'OSTEOPATHIE - INTERNATIONAL FACULTY OF OSTEOPATHY · since 2001
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Abbreviation of Sustainable Communication · Business and other management consultancy · Schaarbeek · since 2005