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Is your company name still free?

Compared with the KBO register · free

Type the name you want to use. You see at once whether an active company already has the same or a similar name, and whether it works in your sector.

“HIRCOS”

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.

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Same or very similar names

4 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • HIRCOS same name
    Raising of sheep and goats · Oudenburg · since 2015
  • Hiros very similar
    Andere vormen van creatie van kunst · Brussel · since 2003
  • Hercos very similar
    Vervaardiging van elektromotoren en van elektrische generatoren en transformatoren · Boutersem · since 2011
  • MIRCOS very similar
    Painting of buildings · Haaltert · since 2026
Names that resemble it 2 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • HIRCHA similar
    Dilbeek · since 1999
  • Hircum similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Brasschaat · since 2017

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. A name can be free in the register and still be protected as a trademark. Trademarks are searched in the 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.

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