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.
“HETC”
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
1 registered enterprise with a name easily confused with yours.
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Other education · Verlaine · since 2025
Names that resemble it 35 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Insurance agents and brokers · Ittre · since 1994
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Abbreviation of Sosjaal Aksie Sentrum · Gent · since 1971
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Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · Brussel · since 1990
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Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 1982
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Ukkel · since 1986
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Abbreviation of HOSSARI TRADING · Elsene · since 1988
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Gouvy · since 1996
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Agents and brokers in banking services · Schilde · since 2018
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General construction of residential buildings · Antwerpen · since 2019
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Vilvoorde · since 2020
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Trade name of MH Electromechanical and sustainable engineering · Other information service activities · Halle · since 2021
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Design and construction of stages and sets · since 2023
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Groothandel in machines, werktuigen en toebehoren voor de landbouw · since 2012
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Holiday cottages, homes and apartments · Ukkel · since 2003
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Other education · Wuustwezel · since 2019
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Temse · since 1952
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Reparatie en onderhoud van civiele schepen · Oostende · since 1975
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Name of an establishment of Het Entrepot · Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Brugge · since 2001
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Exploitatie van culturele centra en multifunctionele zalen ten behoeve van culturele activiteiten · Gent · since 2016
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Dilsen-Stokkem · since 2012
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Name of an establishment of PROSERCK · Day spas, saunas and steam baths · Boutersem · since 2004
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Abbreviation of Het Gemeentelijk Feestcomité · Dendermonde · since 2004
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Cafés and bars · since 2019
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Heist-op-den-Berg · since 1971
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Retie · since 1935
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Putte · since 1981
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Gent · since 1988
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Herent · since 1992
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Name of an establishment of C. Corda · Hotels and similar accommodation · Hasselt · since 2014
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Nursing and midwifery · Tienen · since 2022
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Pre-press and pre-media services · since 2003
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Tielt · since 2003
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since 1998
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Lokeren · since 1965
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Affligem · since 1977