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.
“HORTEN”
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
14 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Groothandel in suiker, chocolade en suikerwerk · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 2015
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Name of an establishment of Blystr · Business and other management consultancy · Bonheiden · since 2016
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Manufacture of imitation jewellery and related articles · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of Modulation 58 · Detailhandel in kledingaccessoires · Binche · since 2021
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Other cleaning activities · since 2019
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Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2014
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Day spas, saunas and steam baths · since 2019
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Retail sale of cosmetics and toilet articles · since 2025
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Joinery installation · since 2026
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Retail sale of automotive fuel · Lille · since 1990
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Abbreviation of ADVIESBURO HOSTEN · Insurance agents and brokers · Brugge · since 1992
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Wholesale of timber · Tervuren · since 1999
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Buying and selling of own real estate · since 2015
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · since 2021
Names that resemble it 24 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Name of an establishment of De Rote · Rust- en verzorgingstehuizen (RVT) · Menen · since 1983
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Retail sale of other household articles · since 1999
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Lede · since 2023
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2012
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Name of an establishment of HORTENSIS- BLOEMEN EN SFEERDECORATIE · Retail sale of flowers, plants, seeds and fertilisers · Deerlijk · since 2005
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Growing of vegetables, melons, roots and tubers · Andenne · since 2025
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Other business support services · Zulte · since 2020
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Landscape service activities · since 2021
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Landscape service activities · since 2021
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Boomkwekerijen, muv bosboomkwekerijen · since 1996
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Landscape service activities · since 2019
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Name of an establishment of A.T.D. · Handelsbemiddeling in de groothandel in landbouwgrondstoffen, levende dieren en textielgrondstoffen en halffabricaten · Ternat · since 1993
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Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 1997
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Landscape service activities · Diepenbeek · since 1999
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Joinery installation · Grobbendonk · since 2012
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Non-specialised wholesale trade · Haacht · since 2004
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Other manufacturing not elsewhere classified · since 2026
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Full-service restaurants · Zonhoven · since 1995
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Landscape service activities · Zwalm · since 2018
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Landscape service activities · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2019
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · since 2021
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Retail sale of antiques · since 2004
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Full-service restaurants · Turnhout · since 2025
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Activities of lawyers · since 2024