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.
“HOBBS”
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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Name of an establishment of L'Appuntamento Moda · Retail sale of footwear · Aalst · since 1982
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LONDON · since 2018
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Other technical testing and analysis · Charleroi · since 2025
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Business and other management consultancy · Oostende · since 1999
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Gent · since 2018
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2020
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since 1985
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Pelt · since 2016
Names that resemble it 13 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Lommel · since 1984
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Hotels and similar accommodation · Tessenderlo-Ham · since 1993
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Psychology services · Tervuren · since 2020
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Nijlen · since 2008
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Abbreviation of Krachtbalclub Hoger Op Beitem · Contract catering and other food service activities · Roeselare · since 1998
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2018
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Abbreviation of House of Birth · Other education · Pelt · since 2021
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Abbreviation of House of Boards · Business and other management consultancy · Comines-Warneton · since 2024
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Name of an establishment of HOB FOOD BELGIUM · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Vorst · since 2024
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Business and other management consultancy · Retie · since 2025
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2025
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Schaarbeek · since 1977
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Juprelle · since 2017