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.
“HOBI”
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
1 registered enterprise with a name easily confused with yours.
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Other membership organisations · Willebroek · since 2006
Names that resemble it 29 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Other education · Antwerpen · since 2011
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General construction of residential buildings · Tienen · since 2006
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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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Business and other management consultancy · Lier · since 2020
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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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Other specialised construction activities · Brussel · since 2015
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Retail sale of bicycles · Libramont-Chevigny · since 2017
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Full-service restaurants · Waregem · since 1976
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Travel agency activities · Leuven · since 1988
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Burg-Reuland · since 1989
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Algemeen welzijnswerk zonder huisvesting · Brussel · since 1992
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Inzameling van ongevaarlijk afval · Arendonk · since 1992
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Maasmechelen · since 1995
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Non-specialised wholesale trade · Voeren · since 1999
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Manufacture of dining room, living room, bedroom and bathroom furniture · Lint · since 2011
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Other sports activities · Deinze · since 2026
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Brussel · since 1990
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La Louvière · since 2013
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Other construction installation · Lille · since 2022
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Specialist medical practice · since 2002
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Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · since 2005
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Manufacture of other wood products · since 2006
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Sports and recreation education · since 2022
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Brussel · since 1977