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.
“HIMATRA”
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
6 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Business and other management consultancy · Affligem · since 2006
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Freight transport by road · Gent · since 1987
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Service activities incidental to land transportation · Anderlecht · since 2011
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Wholesale of other household goods · Ingelmunster · since 2008
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Groothandel in aanhangwagens, opleggers en caravans · since 2020
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Freight transport by road · Genk · since 2006
Names that resemble it 15 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Hairdressing and barber services · Roeselare · since 2021
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Manufacture of dining room, living room, bedroom and bathroom furniture · Kortemark · since 1972
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Zemst · since 1997
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General construction of residential buildings · Antwerpen · since 2013
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Business and other management consultancy · Waasmunster · since 2016
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Joinery installation · since 2022
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Scheduled passenger transport by road · since 2024
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Hagen · since 1976
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Freight transport by road · Sankt Vith · since 1986
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Vervaardiging van andere elektrische apparatuur · Koksijde · since 1999
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Business and other management consultancy · Hove · since 2018
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Damme · since 2020
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Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2022
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Gent · since 2024
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Business and other management consultancy · Verviers · since 2026