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.
“HOBACO”
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
16 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Manufacture of other wood products · Peer · since 1989
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2016
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Wholesale of machine tools · Waregem · since 1968
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Market research and public opinion polling · Nivelles · since 1972
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Activities of holding companies · Brecht · since 1990
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Business and other management consultancy · Ans · since 1993
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General construction of residential buildings · Lier · since 1996
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Activities of interior architects · Oudenaarde · since 2014
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Business and other management consultancy · Lokeren · since 2019
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Business and other management consultancy · Lier · since 2020
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Production of cinema films · Elsene · since 2021
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Other business support services · Kuurne · since 2022
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Bricklaying and masonry work · Moorslede · since 2011
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Wetteren · since 2004
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Abbreviation of Chapewerken HeBaCo · Screed work · Malle · since 2007
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Lochristi · since 2023
Names that resemble it 10 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Maasmechelen · since 1995
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Nursing and midwifery · Anzegem · since 2026
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Herselt · since 2014
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Non-specialised wholesale trade · Leopoldsburg · since 2023
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Abbreviation of BOUW AFWERKING COORDINATIE · General construction of residential buildings · Bornem · since 1994
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Abbreviation of LA BASE COOPERATION · Other social work without accommodation · Etterbeek · since 1996
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Support activities for crop production · Brecht · since 2020
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Abbreviation of BUZE T AND CO · General electrical installation work · Manage · since 2009
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Abbreviation of Belgische Autospeedwayclub Organisatie · Meeuwen-Gruitrode · since 1983
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Abbreviation of Baki Concept · Freight transport by road · since 2022