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.
“HOEFMAN”
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
14 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · Knokke-Heist · since 1977
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Translation services · since 2003
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Plumbing work · Gavere · since 2005
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Construction of roads and motorways · Aalst · since 1971
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Other specialised construction activities · since 1991
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Land surveying · since 2007
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Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · since 2024
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Activities of head offices · Gent · since 2024
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Gent · since 2022
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since 1974
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2024
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Renting and leasing of other personal and household goods · Antwerpen · since 1980
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Bosbouw en bosbouwactiviteiten · since 2001
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Name of an establishment of WMAP · Other business support services · Sint-Niklaas · since 2010
Names that resemble it 4 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Specialist medical practice · since 2003
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Site preparation · Balen · since 2007
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Handelsbemiddeling in de groothandel in landbouwgrondstoffen, levende dieren en textielgrondstoffen en halffabricaten · since 1984
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since 2014