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Compared with the KBO register · free

Type the name you want to use. You see at once whether an active company already has the same or a similar name, and whether it works in your sector.

“HORECOUSS”

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.

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Same or very similar names

1 registered enterprise with a name easily confused with yours.

  • HORECOUSS same name
    Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Tournai · since 2025
Names that resemble it 14 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • HORECO similar
    Travel agency activities · Elsene · since 1983
  • Sole trader similar
    Other publishing activities, excluding software publishing · since 2017
  • HORECOL similar
    Groothandel in reinigingsmiddelen · Ganshoren · since 1990
  • Horecom similar
    Advertising agencies · Hasselt · since 2026
  • HORECOOP similar
    Ittre · since 1986
  • HORECA similar
    Name of an establishment of Institut bruxellois francophone pour la Formation professionnelle (Franstalig Brussels Instituut voor Beroepsopleiding) · Vocational training · Ukkel · since 1994
  • Horeca similar
    Abbreviation of Beroepsvereniging van Herbergiers, Hotel en Restauratiehouders van het Waasland · Sint-Niklaas · since 1941
  • Horeca similar
    Aalst · since 1969
  • Sole trader similar
    Cafés and bars · since 2014
  • HORECA similar
    Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Izegem · since 2013
  • Horeca similar
    Name of an establishment of LIMBURG REGIONAL AIRPORT · Diensten in verband met de luchtvaart · Sint-Truiden · since 2008
  • Horeca similar
    Name of an establishment of Pitta Marmaris · Full-service restaurants · Oostende · since 2023
  • Sole trader similar
    Mobile food service activities · since 2025
  • HORECADECO similar
    Vervaardiging van andere producten van rubber · Oosterzele · since 2002

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. A name can be free in the register and still be protected as a trademark. Trademarks are searched in the 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.

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