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.
“HOREX”
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
5 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Sèvres · since 2013
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Hotels and similar accommodation · Onhaye · since 2002
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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
Names that resemble it 35 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Full-service restaurants · Jurbise · since 2017
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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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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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Kraainem · since 1995
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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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Other publishing activities, excluding software publishing · since 2017
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Hotels and similar accommodation · Poperinge · 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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Hotels and similar accommodation · Wortegem-Petegem · since 2012
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Les Bons Villers · since 2006
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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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Abbreviation of Hulshout offroad racing · Other amusement and recreation activities · Hulshout · since 2021
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Manufacture of jewellery · since 2023
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Abbreviation of A.V.G. HORENAP · Wholesale of clothing, excluding workwear and underwear · Elsene · since 1980
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Mill · since 1983
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Abbreviation of Société d'Hôtellerie et de Restauration de Gesves · Hotels and similar accommodation · Gesves · since 1985
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Groothandel in reinigingsmiddelen · Ganshoren · since 1990
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Freight transport by road · Zutendaal · since 2001
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Brussel · since 2014
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GENAS · since 2016
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Other specialised construction activities · Liège · since 2020
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Reparatie en onderhoud van consumentenelektronica · Wingene · since 2021
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Business and other management consultancy · Hasselt · since 2022
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Name of an establishment of HORIMEX & CO · Groothandel in porselein en glaswerk · Hasselt · since 2011
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Advertising agencies · Hasselt · since 2026
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Diksmuide · since 1987
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Full-service restaurants · Brussel · since 2023
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Elsene · since 1988
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Menen · since 2012