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.
“HOOPS”
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
12 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Retail sale of women's outerwear · Holsbeek · since 2020
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Other education · since 2016
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Other education · since 2010
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Name of an establishment of SENDIAM · Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · Bonheiden · since 1985
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Vervaardiging van kantoormachines en -uitrusting (exclusief computers en randapparatuur) · Lasne · since 2000
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Abbreviation of Coopérative d'organisation des prestations et des salaires · Office administrative and support services · Liège · since 2016
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Business and other management consultancy · La Hulpe · since 2019
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Abbreviation of Hoops & Dreams vzw · Heusden-Zolder · since 2022
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Abbreviation of NOVA HOOPS ANTWERP · Activiteiten van overige balsportclubs · Antwerpen · since 2010
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Name of an establishment · Other business support services · Gent · since 2026
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Bouw van civieltechnische werken voor vloeistoffen, n.e.g. · since 2013
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Wholesale of non-electrical household articles · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2005
Names that resemble it 19 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of Hulp, Opvang en Ondersteuning bij Problemen · Mechelen · since 1995
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Business and other management consultancy · Knokke-Heist · since 2018
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Retail sale of beverages, general range · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · Mechelen · since 2023
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General cleaning of buildings · since 2023
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Antwerpen · since 2026
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Retail sale of beverages, general range · Wuustwezel · since 2021
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Oostende · since 2005
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Scherpenheuvel-Zichem · since 2016
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Charleroi · since 2017
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Activities of bailiffs · Antwerpen · since 2021
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Other education · since 2022
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Dilbeek · since 2026
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2026
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Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · Seraing · since 2020
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Other education · Gent · since 2014
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Other business support services · since 2026
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Oudergem · since 2002
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Andere drinkgelegenheden · since 2014