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.
“HIAS”
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
13 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Wholesale of electrical household appliances and audio-video equipment · Kortenaken · since 1997
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2020
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Kortenaken · since 1982
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Other information service activities · since 2019
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Other specialised construction activities · since 1997
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Manufacture of ceramic household and ornamental articles · since 2025
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since 2017
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Algemeen welzijnswerk zonder huisvesting · Elsene · since 2019
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Sports and recreation education · since 2019
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Full-service restaurants · Mouscron · since 2012
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since 2026
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Retail sale of other sporting goods · since 2018
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2022
Names that resemble it 16 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of HOTTLET INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES · Agents in the wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco · Hove · since 1983
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Name of an establishment of INDION · Installation of industrial machinery and equipment · Geel · since 1997
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Activities of holding companies · Mechelen · since 2020
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Abbreviation of Heintz International Advisors · Other business support services · Brugge · since 2022
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Abbreviation of He is alive · Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · Gent · since 2009
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Business and other management consultancy · Waregem · since 2024
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · since 2007
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Nursing and midwifery · Zedelgem · since 2000
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Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2019
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Diensten in verband met vervoer over water · since 2024
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Activiteiten van gemengde verzekeringsondernemingen, overwegend niet-leven · Liège · since 1964
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Activities of holding companies · Izegem · since 2018
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since 2019
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Business and other management consultancy · Oudergem · since 2003
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 1995
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Raising of horses and other equines · Lokeren · since 2007