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.
“HICA”
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
2 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Development of residential building projects · Anzegem · since 2003
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Office administrative and support services · Retie · since 2025
Names that resemble it 27 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Full-service restaurants · Sint-Pieters-Leeuw · since 2024
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Abbreviation of ALIDADE · Land surveying · Bastogne · since 1991
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Development of residential building projects · Mons · since 2014
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Abbreviation of Hoogewijs Investment Company · Other business support services · Nazareth-De Pinte · since 2020
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Kortrijk · since 2011
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Business and other management consultancy · Essen · since 2006
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Abbreviation of HOTEL INVESTMENT COMPANY · Activities of holding companies · Oostende · since 2008
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Dison · since 2025
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Nursing and midwifery · Evere · since 2026
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Business and other management consultancy · Lievegem · since 1987
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Schilde · since 2001
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Bierbeek · since 2009
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Gent · since 2004
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Other business support services · Rijkevorsel · since 2024
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Holiday cottages, homes and apartments · Aubel · since 2025
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Jodoigne · since 1995
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Abbreviation of CHILDREN'S CARE RDC · Overige maatschappelijke dienstverlening zonder huisvesting voor ouderen of personen met een handicap · Aalst · since 2015
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Sint-Niklaas · since 2009
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Full-service restaurants · Zonhoven · since 2004
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Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2004
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Activities of holding companies · Lanaken · since 2018
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2025
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Other information technology and computer services · Villers-la-Ville · since 2025
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Abbreviation of Daphica-Ile Adam · Anderlecht · since 1919
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Name of an establishment · Certified accountants and tax accountants · Heuvelland · since 2012
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Abbreviation of HORECA INVESTMENT & CONSULTING · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Brussel · since 2013
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Abbreviation of Habitat Investment Corporation · Maarkedal · since 2006