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.
“HIVE-5”
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
8 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Hasselt · since 2018
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Name of an establishment of HIVE5 GROUP · Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Etterbeek · since 2019
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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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Abbreviation of HIVE-X Services · Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Brussel · since 2014
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Wholesale of information and communication equipment · Herentals · since 2019
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Abbreviation of HOGER INSTITUUT VOOR VERPLEEGKUNDE EN KINESITHERAPIE · Brussel · since 1992
Names that resemble it 9 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Plumbing work · Rotselaar · since 2024
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Other information technology and computer services · Geel · since 2025
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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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Abbreviation of HIVELAB Software & IT services · Computer programming · Liège · since 1993
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Specialist medical practice · Ternat · since 2002
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Computer programming · Gent · since 2017
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Pre-press and pre-media services · Fleurus · since 2019
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Activities of holding companies · Deinze · since 2009
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Hasselt · since 2026