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Is your company name still free?

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.

“HORLIM”

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

6 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • HORLIM same name
    Activities of holding companies · Hechtel-Eksel · since 2022
  • HORLIMMO very similar
    Activities of holding companies · Aubange · since 1999
  • HOLIM very similar
    Verhuur en exploitatie van terreinen · Ieper · since 1931
  • HORIM very similar
    Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 2011
  • HOLLIM very similar
    Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Brunehaut · since 2007
  • Groep Horlim very similar
    Full-service restaurants · Hechtel-Eksel · since 2023
Names that resemble it 2 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • Horlon similar
    Brussel · since 1963
  • HORLUX similar
    Retail sale of watches and jewellery · Waterloo · since 1986

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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