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.
“HOBO SA”
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
13 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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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 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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Productie van eieren van pluimvee · Waregem · since 1971
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Beerse · since 2012
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Support activities for crop production · Nivelles · since 2012
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2025
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Event catering · since 2022
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Plumbing work · Aubel · since 1995
Names that resemble it 23 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Pelt · since 2016
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Vervaardiging van verpakkingsmateriaal van kunststof · Lievegem · since 2003
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Halen · since 1975
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Joinery installation · Moorslede · since 1982
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Abbreviation of Krachtbalclub Hoger Op Beitem · Contract catering and other food service activities · Roeselare · since 1998
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Abbreviation of HOOGBOOMSE VERENIGING, HOBOME VZW · Kapellen · since 2013
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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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Retail sale of hardware, building materials, paint and glass (general range) · Rumst · since 1990
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Wholesale of construction materials, general range · Kasterlee · since 1992
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General construction of residential buildings · Gavere · since 2013
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Name of an establishment of Backline Hospitality · Temporary employment agencies and other provision of personnel · Antwerpen · since 2024
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Hechtel-Eksel · since 2024
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Maasmechelen · since 1995
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Other membership organisations · Willebroek · since 2006
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Anzegem · since 2014
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2022
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Warehousing and storage · Hooglede · since 2004
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Brussel · since 1977