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“HOBO”

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Same or very similar names

12 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • HOBO same name
    Full-service restaurants · Waregem · since 1976
  • HOBO same name
    Travel agency activities · Leuven · since 1988
  • HOBO SA same name
    Burg-Reuland · since 1989
  • HOBO same name
    Algemeen welzijnswerk zonder huisvesting · Brussel · since 1992
  • HOBO same name
    Inzameling van ongevaarlijk afval · Arendonk · since 1992
  • HOBO same name
    Non-specialised wholesale trade · Voeren · since 1999
  • HOBO same name
    Manufacture of dining room, living room, bedroom and bathroom furniture · Lint · since 2011
  • HOBO C&S very similar
    Productie van eieren van pluimvee · Waregem · since 1971
  • HOBO IMMO very similar
    Beerse · since 2012
  • HOBO-BOEVE very similar
    Support activities for crop production · Nivelles · since 2012
  • Sole trader very similar
    Graphic design and visual communication · since 2025
  • Sole trader very similar
    Event catering · since 2022
Names that resemble it 26 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • Hobos similar
    Pelt · since 2016
  • HOBON similar
    Vervaardiging van verpakkingsmateriaal van kunststof · Lievegem · since 2003
  • HOBOMA similar
    Halen · since 1975
  • Hoboma similar
    Joinery installation · Moorslede · since 1982
  • HOB similar
    Abbreviation of Krachtbalclub Hoger Op Beitem · Contract catering and other food service activities · Roeselare · since 1998
  • HOBOME VZW similar
    Abbreviation of HOOGBOOMSE VERENIGING, HOBOME VZW · Kapellen · since 2013
  • Sole trader similar
    Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2018
  • HoB similar
    Abbreviation of House of Birth · Other education · Pelt · since 2021
  • HOB similar
    Abbreviation of House of Boards · Business and other management consultancy · Comines-Warneton · since 2024
  • HOB similar
    Name of an establishment of HOB FOOD BELGIUM · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Vorst · since 2024
  • H.O.B. similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Retie · since 2025
  • Sole trader similar
    Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2025
  • HOBOMAT similar
    Retail sale of hardware, building materials, paint and glass (general range) · Rumst · since 1990
  • HOBOMAT similar
    Wholesale of construction materials, general range · Kasterlee · since 1992
  • HOBOTRA similar
    General construction of residential buildings · Gavere · since 2013
  • Hoboken similar
    Name of an establishment of Backline Hospitality · Temporary employment agencies and other provision of personnel · Antwerpen · since 2024
  • Hobos 2.0 similar
    Hechtel-Eksel · since 2024
  • HOBA similar
    Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Maasmechelen · since 1995
  • HOBI similar
    Other membership organisations · Willebroek · since 2006
  • HoBoFisc similar
    Certified accountants and tax accountants · Anzegem · since 2014
  • HOBOPHAR similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2022
  • Sole trader similar
    Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2024
  • THOBO similar
    General construction of residential buildings · Rumst · since 2012
  • HOBOSTORE similar
    Warehousing and storage · Hooglede · since 2004
  • KUHOBO similar
    General construction of residential buildings · Oosterzele · since 2014
  • Hobé similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Brussel · since 1977

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. A name can be free in the register and still be protected as a trademark. Trademarks are searched in the 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.

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