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Compared with the KBO register · free

Type the name you want to use. You see at once whether an active company already has the same or a similar name, and whether it works in your sector.

“HFE”

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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Same or very similar names

2 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • HFE same name
    Groothandel in hijs-, hef- en transportwerktuigen · Essen · since 2023
  • HFE same name
    Abbreviation of Health First Europe · Nutrition and dietetics services · Elsene · since 2006
Names that resemble it 12 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • H.F. similar
    Abbreviation of Hardy Frères · Chelle Fougeretz · since 1980
  • H.F. similar
    Abbreviation of Union athlétique Hautes-Fagnes · Verviers · since 1994
  • HF similar
    Abbreviation of The Home Fabric · Detailhandel in kledingstoffen · Zaventem · since 2017
  • Sole trader similar
    Agents in the wholesale of textiles, clothing, fur, footwear and leather goods · since 2018
  • HF similar
    Abbreviation of Huldenberg-Fit · Other amusement and recreation activities · Huldenberg · since 2019
  • H.F. similar
    Abbreviation of Haerens Fitzgerald · General electrical installation work · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2019
  • HF similar
    Abbreviation of Hold Fast · Brussel · since 2021
  • HF similar
    Abbreviation of Hit Festival · Lummen · since 2022
  • HF similar
    Abbreviation of HOPEFULL · Ath · since 2011
  • HF similar
    Abbreviation of HORIZON Formation · Verviers · since 2005
  • HF similar
    Abbreviation of Hukkelfukkers · Compositie van muziek · Kasterlee · since 2025
  • Sole trader similar
    Other building finishing work · since 2026

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. A name can be free in the register and still be protected as a trademark. Trademarks are searched in the 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.

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