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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.

“HOOKX”

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.

  • HOOKX same name
    Vocational training · Balen · since 2025
  • HOOK'D very similar
    Employment placement agencies · Gent · since 2025
  • LOOKX (sole trader) very similar
    Hairdressing and barber services · since 2006
  • HOOOX very similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 2006
Names that resemble it 10 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • HOOK similar
    Performing arts by independent artists · Gent · since 2013
  • @HOOK similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Roeselare · since 2021
  • HOOOK similar
    Vervaardiging van andere textielproducten, n.e.g. · Nazareth-De Pinte · since 2012
  • HOOKAH similar
    Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Elsene · since 2016
  • HOOKED similar
    Abbreviation of HOOKED EVENTS · Leuven · since 2018
  • HOOKED similar
    General electrical installation work · Assenede · since 2012
  • Hook IT similar
    Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Kortrijk · since 2008
  • HOOKAH similar
    Name of an establishment of ADOY · Cafés and bars · Liège · since 2024
  • Hook 23 similar
    Full-service restaurants · Voeren · since 2024
  • HOO+ similar
    Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · Seraing · since 2020

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