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.
“HILMA”
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
15 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Manufacture of dining room, living room, bedroom and bathroom furniture · Moorslede · since 1975
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Other retail sale of new goods · Willebroek · since 1983
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Other business support services · Elsene · since 2025
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Groothandel in huismeubilair · Moorslede · since 2021
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Groothandel in machines voor de productie van voedings- en genotmiddelen · Moorslede · since 2021
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Hulshout · since 1986
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Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Aalter · since 2019
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Sint-Martens-Latem · since 2013
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Tienen · since 2008
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Plumbing work · Hasselt · since 2019
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · Brussel · since 2019
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Hemiksem · since 2020
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Market research and public opinion polling · Merchtem · since 2020
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Cafés and bars · Leuven · since 2025
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · Grâce-Hollogne · since 2025
Names that resemble it 14 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Other retail sale of new goods · since 2025
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Putte · since 2015
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Cafés and bars · Merksplas · since 2003
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Launderettes and laundries for private customers · Antwerpen · since 2010
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Business and other management consultancy · Elsene · since 2025
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Other business support services · Antwerpen · since 2023
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Other technical testing and analysis · since 2018
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Raising of dairy cattle · Herselt · since 2005
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General construction of residential buildings · Zaventem · since 2022
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Evere · since 2012
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Full-service restaurants · Tournai · since 2015
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since 2020
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Brakel · since 1965
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Wetteren · since 1993