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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.

“HOAS”

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

1 registered enterprise with a name easily confused with yours.

  • HOAS same name
    Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Zandhoven · since 2017
Names that resemble it 12 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • Sole trader similar
    Activiteiten van industriële wasserijen · since 1999
  • HOA similar
    Abbreviation of HANDS-ON ACADEMY · Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Rotselaar · since 2022
  • HoA similar
    Abbreviation of The House of Agroecology · Other professional, scientific and technical activities · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2023
  • HoA similar
    Retail sale of bicycles · Brussel · since 2012
  • Hoa Sen similar
    Braine-le-Château · since 2024
  • Houno AS similar
    Randers · since 2010
  • HOAX similar
    Video and film production, excluding cinema and television films · Oudenaarde · since 2001
  • HOAL similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Brugge · since 2022
  • Sole trader similar
    Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2022
  • HOAT similar
    Abbreviation of Hulpacties voor overlevenden van aardbeving in Turkije · Wezembeek-Oppem · since 2023
  • HOA similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Abbreviation of HOUSE OF ACCESSORIES · Retail sale of information and communication equipment · Ronse · since 2012
  • HOAK similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Retail sale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, excluding motor fuels · Antwerpen · since 2019

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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