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.
“HOEVENEN”
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
6 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Stabroek · since 2020
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Guest rooms (bed and breakfast) · Brugge · since 2010
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Name of an establishment of ABVV REGIO ANTWERPEN UITBETALING WERKLOOSHEID · Overige instellingen van de sociale zekerheid · Antwerpen · since 1994
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Cafés and bars · Stabroek · since 1978
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Renting and leasing of other personal and household goods · Stabroek · since 1977
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Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Stabroek · since 2022
Names that resemble it 31 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Production of cinema films · Aartselaar · since 1991
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Machining of metals · Lummen · since 2014
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Mixed farming · since 2000
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2017
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Site preparation · since 2006
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Other education · since 2018
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Raising of other cattle and buffaloes · Turnhout · since 1992
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Holiday cottages, homes and apartments · Hooglede · since 2002
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Guest rooms (bed and breakfast) · Herstappe · since 2017
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Holiday cottages, homes and apartments · Ieper · since 2025
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Growing of vegetables, melons, roots and tubers · Laakdal · since 1992
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Physiotherapy · since 2022
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Mixed farming · Malle · since 2023
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Other amusement and recreation activities · since 2023
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since 2009
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since 2023
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Trade name of Bluvngoan · Full-service restaurants · Langemark-Poelkapelle · since 1989
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Lier · since 1992
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Raising of dairy cattle · since 1990
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Full-service restaurants · since 1989
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Mixed farming · Heuvelland · since 2021
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Production of electricity from non-renewable sources · Rijkevorsel · since 2012
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Mixed farming · Rijkevorsel · since 2024
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Name of an establishment of IceVolts · General electrical installation work · Diksmuide · since 2024
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Name of an establishment of BAKKERIJ WARLOP · Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Poperinge · since 2024
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Mixed farming · Damme · since 2026
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 2018
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Turnhout · since 2021
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Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · since 2004
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Physiotherapy · since 2024
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Heusden-Zolder · since 2000