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.
“HORECA NETWORK”
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
15 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Business and other management consultancy · Wavre · since 2003
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Name of an establishment of Institut bruxellois francophone pour la Formation professionnelle (Franstalig Brussels Instituut voor Beroepsopleiding) · Vocational training · Ukkel · since 1994
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Abbreviation of Beroepsvereniging van Herbergiers, Hotel en Restauratiehouders van het Waasland · Sint-Niklaas · since 1941
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Aalst · since 1969
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Cafés and bars · since 2014
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Izegem · since 2013
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Name of an establishment of LIMBURG REGIONAL AIRPORT · Diensten in verband met de luchtvaart · Sint-Truiden · since 2008
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Name of an establishment of Pitta Marmaris · Full-service restaurants · Oostende · since 2023
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Mobile food service activities · since 2025
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Wholesale of clothing, excluding workwear and underwear · Kalmthout · since 1993
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Name of an establishment of NETWORK CREATIVE · Activiteiten op het gebied van de distributie van films en video’s · Waterloo · since 1998
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Other retail sale of food · since 1994
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Other financial services · since 1991
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · since 1995
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Verhuur en lease van kantoormachines, inclusief computers · since 2003
Names that resemble it 7 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of Home Improvement Manufacturers Association Network · Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Temse · since 2009
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Brussel · since 2024
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Name of an establishment of WHAOUW · Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2004
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General construction of other non-residential buildings · since 1997
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Full-service restaurants · Gesves · since 2021
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Full-service restaurants · since 2009
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Abbreviation of Inetrnational Relations Officer's Network of the Association of European Life Science Universities · Leuven · since 2012