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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.

“HOET”

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.

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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

32 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

Names that resemble it 15 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • H.O.E. similar
    Abbreviation of Haarbosch Onroerendgoed Exploitatie · Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Wuustwezel · since 1995
  • Holvoet similar
    Groothandel in metalen en metaalertsen · Kortrijk · since 1938
  • HOLVOET similar
    Wholesale of fruit and vegetables, excluding potatoes · Waregem · since 1974
  • HOLVOET similar
    Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Kortrijk · since 1990
  • HOLVOET similar
    Name of an establishment of VOGEL- en VIJVERCENTRUM HOLVOET · Wholesale of live animals · Harelbeke · since 1993
  • Holvoet (sole trader) similar
    Mixed farming · since 1971
  • HOETJES similar
    Activities of holding companies · Herent · since 2016
  • HOLVOET (sole trader) similar
    Physiotherapy · since 2017
  • HOEK similar
    Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Roeselare · since 2019
  • Hoen similar
    Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Turnhout · since 2021
  • HOES (sole trader) similar
    Insulation installation · since 1993
  • HOED similar
    Buying and selling of own real estate · Leuven · since 2004
  • HOES similar
    Repair and fitting of specific motor vehicle parts · Olen · since 2008
  • Hoedoeti (sole trader) similar
    Other amusement and recreation activities · since 2023
  • HOE similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Abbreviation of Haachtse Ontmoetingsgroep voor Echtgescheidenen · Tremelo · since 1997

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