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.
“HIPE”
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
1 registered enterprise with a name easily confused with yours.
-
Computer programming · Jodoigne · since 2025
Names that resemble it 27 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
-
Abbreviation of HIPP’ESSENCE · Fernelmont · since 2025
-
Vervaardiging van andere voedingsmiddelen, n.e.g. · Aalst · since 2002
-
Abbreviation of Horeca Interieur Projecten · Business and other management consultancy · Aalst · since 2014
-
Buying and selling of own real estate · Deinze · since 2016
-
Abbreviation of Health INN-PACT · Business and other management consultancy · Elsene · since 2019
-
Abbreviation of HIGH IMPACT PROJECTMANAGEMENT · General electrical installation work · Lier · since 2021
-
Name of an establishment of House and Industrial Painting · Painting of buildings · Kalmthout · since 2009
-
Activities of lawyers · Duffel · since 2012
-
General construction of residential buildings · Zele · since 2005
-
Abbreviation of HOME INSULATION PROJECT · Development of residential building projects · Asse · since 2024
-
Raising of horses and other equines · since 2024
-
Freight transport by road · Merelbeke-Melle · since 1955
-
Abbreviation of HERMANS IMMOBILIEN PROJECT ONTWIKKELING · Antwerpen · since 1998
-
Name of an establishment of In de Lantaern · Full-service restaurants · Baarle-Hertog · since 2014
-
Cultural education · since 2016
-
Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · since 2018
-
Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · since 2016
-
Other amusement and recreation activities · Antwerpen · since 2023
-
Antwerpen · since 2008
-
Other education · Herent · since 2012
-
Event catering · Zedelgem · since 2024
-
Vermogensbeheer · Kapellen · since 2012
-
Buying and selling of own real estate · Diepenbeek · since 2014
-
Real estate agency activities · Schilde · since 2020
-
Name of an establishment of SL IMMO MANAGEMENT · Real estate agency activities · Schilde · since 2007
-
Abbreviation of Hoger Instituut voor Post-Graduaat Onderwijs · Liedekerke · since 1987
-
Abbreviation of HIPA THUISVERPLEGING & SECURITY SERVICES · since 2005