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.
“HESPE”
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
6 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Retail sale of wines and spirits · Genappe · since 2009
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Abbreviation of E-FORUM, FORUM FOR EUROPEAN E-PUBLIC SERVICES - HOTE EUROPEEN POUR LES SERVICES PUBLICS EN LINGNE · Business and other management consultancy · Elsene · since 2002
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Cafés and bars · since 1997
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Hemel Hempstead - Hertfordshire · since 2013
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Lommel · since 2009
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Cafés and bars · since 2010
Names that resemble it 33 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Aartselaar · since 1996
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Ciney · since 2015
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Business and other management consultancy · Brugge · since 2016
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Market research and public opinion polling · Sprimont · since 2025
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Literary creation · since 2026
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since 1984
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General medical practice · Gent · since 2023
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Activities of lawyers · Londerzeel · since 2024
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Abbreviation of HALLAERT ELECTRO SUPPORT · General electrical installation work · Hoegaarden · since 1992
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Abbreviation of HOME ENTERTAINMENT SERVICES · Renting and leasing of other personal and household goods · Ukkel · since 2002
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Abbreviation of Home Energy Solutions · Installatie van duurzame elektrische installaties · Gembloux · since 2026
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · since 1997
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Activities of building architects · since 2002
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Vervaardiging van producten van vlees of van vlees van gevogelte · Sint-Katelijne-Waver · since 2014
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Ukkel · since 2011
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General electrical installation work · since 2010
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Tremelo · since 2004
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Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Kasterlee · since 2022
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Vervaardiging van producten van vlees of van vlees van gevogelte · Koekelberg · since 1973
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Joinery installation · since 2002
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Agents in the wholesale of industrial machinery, ships and aircraft · since 1991
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Raising of dairy cattle · since 1989
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Specialist medical practice · since 2006
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Sports and recreation education · since 2026
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since 1998
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Strassen · since 2015
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Mixed farming · since 1984
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since 1995
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Nursing and midwifery · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2019
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Joinery installation · since 2019
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · since 2022
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Vervaardiging van radiatoren, stoomketels en ketels voor centrale verwarming · since 2011
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Abbreviation of HUMAINS ENSEMBLE SOLIDAIRES · Etterbeek · since 2011