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.
“HIPPOS”
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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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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Nutrition and dietetics services · Middelkerke · since 2021
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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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Zottegem · since 1986
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Aarschot · since 2011
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Raising of horses and other equines · Villers-la-Ville · since 2007
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Gent · since 1996
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Ellezelles · since 2007
Names that resemble it 42 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Groothandel in sport- en kampeerartikelen, met uitzondering van fietsen · Zoersel · since 1994
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Luxembourg · since 1988
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Other software publishing · Haacht · since 2021
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Detailhandel in lederwaren en reisartikelen · Braine-le-Comte · since 1981
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Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2013
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · since 2016
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Pet care services, excluding veterinary services · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Mortsel · since 2011
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Other printing · Kalmthout · since 1988
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2023
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Activities of head offices · Hoeilaart · since 1993
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General medical practice · Kraainem · since 2016
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Retail sale of other sporting goods
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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
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Hoeilaart · since 1986
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Pet boarding · since 1989
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Office administrative and support services · Braine-l'Alleud · since 2020
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Oostende · since 1978
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Non-scheduled passenger transport by road · Beernem · since 1986
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Uitgeven van tijdschriften · Nandrin · since 1997
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Saint-Georges-sur-Meuse · since 2000
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Dental practice · Antwerpen · since 2001
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Retail sale of women's outerwear · since 2013
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Nutrition and dietetics services · Awans · since 2013
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Equestrian clubs · since 2015
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Waasmunster · since 2017
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Affligem · since 2019
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Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · Dentergem · since 2019
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Pet care services, excluding veterinary services · Poperinge · since 2020
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Real estate agency activities · Oudenaarde · since 2020
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Sint-Truiden · since 2021
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2023
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Retail sale of pets, pet food and pet supplies · since 1997
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Sports and recreation education · Lummen · since 2022
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Computer programming · since 2023
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Vervaardiging van gedistilleerde dranken door distilleren, rectificeren en mengen · since 2009
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Mixed farming · Brugge · since 2011
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Real estate agency activities · since 2018
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Development of residential building projects · Brussel · since 2006
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Pet care services, excluding veterinary services · since 2025
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Other amusement and recreation activities · since 2021