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.
“HIVA”
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
5 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Business and other management consultancy · Knokke-Heist · since 2020
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Productie en distributie van stoom en gekoelde lucht · Ingelmunster · since 2003
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Luxembourg · since 2001
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Wholesale of other household goods · Marche-en-Famenne · since 2007
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Business and other management consultancy · Hasselt · since 2010
Names that resemble it 22 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Office administrative and support services · De Panne · since 2002
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Support activities for crop production · Pepingen · since 2009
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Business and other management consultancy · Bernissart · since 2007
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Abbreviation of HEIDI INDUSTRIELE VENNOOTSCHAP · Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Sint-Niklaas · since 1981
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Activities of lawyers · Kortrijk · since 2018
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Other business support services · Leuven · since 2019
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Elsene · since 2021
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Trade name of VAN ROY · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Meerhout · since 1987
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Abbreviation of Houtlands Instituut voor Onderwijstechnologie · Mixed farming · Torhout · since 1991
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Verenigingen op het vlak van ontwikkelingssamenwerking · Elsene · since 2020
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Activities of holding companies · Schilde · since 2023
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Abbreviation of HIVE TECHNICAL PRODUCTIONS · Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · Bredene · since 2007
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Operation of sports facilities · Olen · since 1991
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Wholesale of other food products · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 1989
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Joinery installation · Beernem · since 2013
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Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Agatha-Berchem · since 2019
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Gent · since 2009
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Name of an establishment of RHIVAH · Agents in the wholesale of furniture, household goods and hardware · Zottegem · since 2009
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Abbreviation of THIVAIOS · Performing arts by artistic ensembles · Antwerpen · since 2010
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Other retail sale of food · since 1983
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · Machelen (Brab.) · since 2025
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Anzegem · since 1982