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.
“HORENA”
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
18 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Hotels and similar accommodation · Wortegem-Petegem · since 2012
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Abbreviation of A.V.G. HORENAP · Wholesale of clothing, excluding workwear and underwear · Elsene · since 1980
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Hotels and similar accommodation · Onhaye · since 2002
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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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Beschutte en sociale werkplaatsen · Menen · since 1984
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Kraainem · since 1995
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Full-service restaurants · Malle · since 2000
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Cafés and bars · since 2014
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Inland freight water transport · since 2009
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Izegem · since 2013
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Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 2021
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Retail sale of games and toys · since 2022
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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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Agents in the wholesale of timber and building materials · since 2012
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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
Names that resemble it 14 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Other specialised construction activities · Liège · since 2020
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Livorno · since 2020
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Sèvres · since 2013
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Other business support services · Zemst · since 2008
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Retail sale of other cultural and recreation goods · Oosterzele · since 2008
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Other business support services · Hoogstraten · since 2024
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Hotels and similar accommodation · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 1982
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Travel agency activities · Elsene · since 1983
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Mobile food service activities · Philippeville · since 1986
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Other publishing activities, excluding software publishing · since 2017
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Hotels and similar accommodation · Poperinge · since 2022
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Les Bons Villers · since 2006
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Office administrative and support services · Pelt · since 2022
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Abbreviation of RENA PLUS · Activities of holding companies · Sint-Niklaas · since 2009