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.
“HOBEL”
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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Activities of holding companies · Kortrijk · since 1996
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Groothandel in suiker, chocolade en suikerwerk · Antwerpen · since 1982
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Plumbing work · Grez-Doiceau · since 2019
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Business and other management consultancy · Liège · since 2025
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Antwerpen · since 2018
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Activities of holding companies · Hoogstraten · since 2023
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Groothandel in machines voor de mijnbouw, de bouwnijverheid en de weg- en waterbouw · Etterbeek · since 1975
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Wholesale of live animals · Ath · since 1985
Names that resemble it 32 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Luyksgestel · since 2023
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General electrical installation work · Brussel · since 1987
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Agents in the wholesale of timber and building materials · Wavre · since 1976
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Kortemark · since 1985
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Business and other management consultancy · Brussel · since 1989
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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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Other business support services · Mouscron · since 2017
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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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Plastering work · Pelt · since 1984
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Activities of holding companies · Houthalen-Helchteren · since 1962
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Activities of head offices · Wortegem-Petegem · since 1981
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Kortrijk · since 1992
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Abbreviation of Belgische Adviesraad voor Hyperbare Zuurstoftherapie - Conseil belge de l'Oxygénothérapie hyperbare · Gent · since 1996
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Wholesale of household textiles and bedding · Evergem · since 2001
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General electrical installation work · Tremelo · since 2020
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Thimister-Clermont · since 2021
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Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · Boussu · since 1999
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Book publishing · Wavre · since 1983
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Brussel · since 1953
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Brussel · since 1977
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Machelen (Brab.) · since 1941
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Deinze · since 1968
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Etterbeek · since 1988
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Abbreviation of Hotel in Groene Omgeving · Hotels and similar accommodation · Torhout · since 2019