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Name check

Compared with the KBO register · free

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.

“HMBG”

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

1 registered enterprise with a name easily confused with yours.

  • HMBG same name
    Business and other management consultancy · Gembloux · since 2021
Names that resemble it 7 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • HMB similar
    Abbreviation of Hasselt Management en Beheer · Detailhandel in tapijten en andere vloerbedekking en wandbekleding · Hasselt · since 1975
  • H.M.B. similar
    Name of an establishment of HYUNDAI MACHINES BELGIUM · Groothandel in machines voor de mijnbouw, de bouwnijverheid en de weg- en waterbouw · Beringen · since 1999
  • HMB BV similar
    MAASBREE · since 2015
  • HMB similar
    Activities of holding companies · Maaseik · since 2021
  • General electrical installation work · since 1998
  • HMBK similar
    Full-service restaurants · Schaarbeek · since 2017
  • HMB GROUP similar
    Name of an establishment of BLDK TRANS · Freight transport by road · Schaarbeek · since 2020

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