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.
“HIPPIOS”
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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Raising of horses and other equines · Ellezelles · since 2007
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Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 1992
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Equestrian clubs · since 1986
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Business and other management consultancy · Messancy · since 2008
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Raising of horses and other equines · since 2005
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · since 2007
Names that resemble it 10 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Other amusement and recreation activities · since 2021
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · since 2016
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2013
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Name of an establishment of HIPPO-SERVICE · Non-scheduled passenger transport by road · Brugge · since 1984
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Luxembourg 1635 · since 1992
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Drukken van dagbladen · Antwerpen · since 1995
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Kontich · since 2002
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Non-scheduled passenger transport by road · Brugge · since 2022
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Abbreviation of HIGH IMPACT ON PEOPLE, PROCESSES & PROJECTS · Business and other management consultancy · Zaventem · since 2012
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Abbreviation of HIPP’ESSENCE · Fernelmont · since 2025