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.
“HOBEX”
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
17 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Groothandel in suiker, chocolade en suikerwerk · Antwerpen · since 1982
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Activities of holding companies · Kortrijk · since 1996
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Activities of interior architects · Antwerpen · since 1983
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Operation of sports facilities · Pecq · since 1984
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Wholesale of industrial chemicals · Kuurne · since 1991
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Cafés and bars · Scherpenheuvel-Zichem · since 1993
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Abbreviation of SOCIETE BELGE D'EXPORTATION · Development of residential building projects · Waterloo · since 1994
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Brussel · since 1998
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Sèvres · since 2013
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Land surveying · Turnhout · since 2016
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Activiteiten van reisorganisatoren · since 2017
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Dendermonde · since 2020
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Activities of holding companies · Hechtel-Eksel · since 2024
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Specialist medical practice · Fléron · since 2024
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Abbreviation of Société belge d'expertises industrielles et commerciales, Méthode Cabinet Roux de Paris · Antwerpen · since 1954
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Abbreviation of Société Belge d'exportation · Mons · since 1985
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Development of residential building projects · Knokke-Heist · since 1993
Names that resemble it 21 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Luyksgestel · since 2023
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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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General electrical installation work · Brussel · since 1987
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Wholesale of household textiles and bedding · Evergem · since 2001
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Activities of holding companies · Tielt · since 2019
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Brussel · since 1977
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Deinze · since 1968
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Machelen (Brab.) · since 1941