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.
“HODA”
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
3 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Business and other management consultancy · Maldegem · since 2022
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Vervaardiging van producten van vlees of van vlees van gevogelte · Anderlecht · since 2013
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Lasne · since 2019
Names that resemble it 19 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of ASBL Hainaut Ouest DAB+ · Uitzenden van radioprogramma’s en distributie van audio · Mouscron · since 2020
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since 1997
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Lanaken · since 2020
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Abbreviation of Koninklijk Harmonieorkest Deinze · Performing arts by artistic ensembles · Deinze · since 2022
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Abbreviation of HAIR OF THE DOG · Cafés and bars · Brussel · since 2004
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Abbreviation of HANDS ON DEMAND · Other business support services · Brecht · since 2023
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Hairdressing and barber services · Schaarbeek · since 2025
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2026
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Other information technology and computer services · since 2017
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Business and other management consultancy · Oudsbergen · since 2026
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Other business support services · Pelt · since 2001
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Abbreviation of Harmonieorkest De Pinte · Nazareth-De Pinte · since 2014
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Activities of holding companies · Brugge · since 2015
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Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · since 1990
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Business and other management consultancy · Beerse · since 2005
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Advertising agencies · since 2020
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Gent · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Liège · since 2021
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Profondeville · since 2025