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.
“HOOKSTORE”
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
4 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Advertising agencies · Antwerpen · since 2000
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Other printing · since 2013
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Pre-press and pre-media services · Sint-Truiden · since 2018
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Agents in the wholesale of furniture, household goods and hardware · Deinze · since 2019
Names that resemble it 12 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Retail sale of other household articles · since 2019
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Warehousing and storage · Hooglede · since 2004
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Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · since 2019
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2024
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Groothandel in koffie, thee, cacao en specerijen · since 2026
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Performing arts by independent artists · Gent · since 2013
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Business and other management consultancy · Roeselare · since 2021
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Name of an establishment of CAPTUUR · Real estate agency activities · Roeselare · since 1991
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Vervaardiging van elektromotoren en van elektrische generatoren en transformatoren · Tienen · since 1997
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Name of an establishment of TW STORE · Vervaardiging van beddengoed, tafellinnen en textielwaren voor huishoudelijk gebruik · Herentals · since 2002
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Name of an establishment of Thiry Paints · Wholesale of construction materials, general range · Herent · since 2006
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Antwerpen · since 2026