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.
“HOBOSTORE”
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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Warehousing and storage · Hooglede · since 2004
Names that resemble it 21 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Name of an establishment of BOFLEX · Joinery installation · Hasselt · since 1988
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Pelt · since 2016
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Advertising agencies · Antwerpen · since 2000
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Retail sale of other household articles · since 2019
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Detailhandel in lederwaren en reisartikelen · Braine-le-Comte · since 1981
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Retail sale of footwear · Sint-Truiden · since 1999
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2024
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Trade name of HYBAÏA · Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Hannut · since 2023
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Groothandel in koffie, thee, cacao en specerijen · since 2026
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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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Name of an establishment of CAPTUUR · Real estate agency activities · Roeselare · since 1991
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Vervaardiging van elektromotoren en van elektrische generatoren en transformatoren · Tienen · since 1997
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Name of an establishment of TW STORE · Vervaardiging van beddengoed, tafellinnen en textielwaren voor huishoudelijk gebruik · Herentals · since 2002
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Name of an establishment of Thiry Paints · Wholesale of construction materials, general range · Herent · since 2006
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Antwerpen · since 2026