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.
“HOFIMA”
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
8 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Londerzeel · since 1993
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Charleroi · since 1982
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Aarschot · since 1993
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Full-service restaurants · Elsene · since 2017
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Tessenderlo-Ham · since 2019
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Vermogensbeheer · Antwerpen · since 2013
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Activities of holding companies · Middelkerke · since 2007
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Combined facilities support activities · Aarschot · since 2025
Names that resemble it 11 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Genk · since 1987
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Landscape service activities · Bocholt · since 2026
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Bredene · since 2015
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Hove · since 2022
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Activities of holding companies · Evergem · since 1991
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Business and other management consultancy · Dilsen-Stokkem · since 1993
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Development of residential building projects · Ieper · since 2015
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Abbreviation of Fire Management · Other professional, scientific and technical activities · Jodoigne · since 2022
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Activities of holding companies · Kruisem · since 2009
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Abbreviation of FEDERATION INTERNATIONALE DE MOTO ASSISTANCE · Grâce-Hollogne · since 2004
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Holiday cottages, homes and apartments · Maldegem · since 2024