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.
“HOBAMA”
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
11 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Herselt · since 2014
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · since 2010
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Halen · since 1975
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Joinery installation · Moorslede · since 1982
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Other construction installation · Kaprijke · since 2023
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Landscape service activities · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 2023
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Activities of interior architects · Oudsbergen · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2024
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Oostende · since 2024
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Retail sale of lighting equipment · Floreffe · since 2025
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Deinze · since 1968
Names that resemble it 16 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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Specialist medical practice · Marche-en-Famenne · since 2021
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2016
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Wholesale of timber · Meise · since 1990
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Manufacture of other wood products · Peer · since 1989
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Non-specialised wholesale trade · Leopoldsburg · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Lasne · since 1983
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Pittem · since 1989
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Ieper · since 1994
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Vermogensbeheer · Antwerpen · since 2016
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Business and other management consultancy · Incourt · since 2019
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Orp-Jauche · since 2019
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Oudsbergen · since 2020
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Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Lievens-Houtem · since 2004
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Name of an establishment · Verstrekken van hypothecair krediet · Blégny · since 2024
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Business and other management consultancy · Brasschaat · since 2026