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.
“HOGEMA”
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
11 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Business and other management consultancy · Malmedy · since 2018
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Maaseik · since 2011
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Business and other management consultancy · Herentals · since 1990
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Ukkel · since 1991
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Brugge · since 1992
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Groothandel in reinigingsmiddelen · since 1983
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Other education · Wasseiges · since 2010
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Business and other management consultancy · Tubize · since 2024
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Office administrative and support services · Villers-le-Bouillet · since 2025
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Deinze · since 1968
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Abbreviation of Compagnie Générale de Matériel et d'Appareillages · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 1968
Names that resemble it 22 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Name of an establishment of Stad Ronse · Advertising agencies · Ronse · since 1968
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2018
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2022
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Graphic design and visual communication · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 2018
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Tilburg · since 1968
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Name of an establishment of Gema Ancienne Maison Henri Gentges · Warehousing and storage · Grâce-Hollogne · since 1970
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Antwerpen · since 1973
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Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Izegem · since 1983
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Oostende · since 1985
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Onhaye · since 1987
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Other specialised construction activities · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2000
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Soumagne · since 2013
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Other information service activities · since 2013
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Vermogensbeheer · Affligem · since 2010
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Vermogensbeheer · Grobbendonk · since 2017
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Name of an establishment · Development of residential building projects · Gesves · since 2023
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2023
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Name of an establishment · Business and other management consultancy · Vorst · since 2011
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Name of an establishment · Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Putte · since 2005
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Name of an establishment · Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Ieper · since 2024
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Antwerpen · since 1995
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Abbreviation of GROUPE D'ECOLOGIE MICROBIENNE ET APPLIQUEE · Wavre · since 1985