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Compared with the KBO register · free

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.

“HOLOW”

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.

  • HOLOW same name
    Non-scheduled passenger transport by road · Kraainem · since 2017
  • HOLOS very similar
    Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Gistel · since 2014
  • Holon very similar
    Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2018
  • Holos very similar
    Nutrition and dietetics services · Edegem · since 2019
  • HOLON very similar
    Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Aalter · since 2010
  • HOFLOW very similar
    Real estate agency activities · Modave · since 2025
  • WOLOW very similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Roosdaal · since 2004
  • FOLOW very similar
    Name of an establishment · Vocational training · Brussel · since 2024
Names that resemble it 11 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • Day spas, saunas and steam baths · since 2025
  • HOW similar
    Abbreviation of Military Veteran Vehicle Club-2nd Armored Division Association Belgium Hell On Wheels · Zutendaal · since 1976
  • HoW similar
    Abbreviation of House of Wolves · Sambreville · since 2016
  • HOL similar
    Abbreviation of HOUSE OF LOV · Performing arts by artistic ensembles · Gent · since 2022
  • HOW similar
    Abbreviation of Harmonieorkest Wondelgem · Performing arts by artistic ensembles · Gent · since 2010
  • HOW similar
    Abbreviation of FADevent ASBL". · Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Visé · since 2025
  • H.O.W. similar
    Abbreviation of HOUSE OF WORK · Activities of head offices · Elsene · since 2025
  • HOLOGIC similar
    Wholesale of pharmaceutical and medical goods · Zaventem · since 1991
  • HOLOTRA similar
    Lessines · since 1999
  • HOLONIX similar
    Vocational training · Wevelgem · since 2024
  • Groothandel in spellen en speelgoed · since 2026

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