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Compared with the KBO register · free

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.

“HOSCON”

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

11 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • HOSCON same name
    Other business support services · Antwerpen · since 2026
  • HOSCOM very similar
    Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Veurne · since 2022
  • HOSCOU very similar
    Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Harelbeke · since 2022
  • HS-Con very similar
    Certified accountants and tax accountants · Oostrozebeke · since 2023
  • HOCON very similar
    Development of residential building projects · Kortrijk · since 2005
  • Boscon very similar
    Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Houthalen-Helchteren · since 2015
  • Hescon very similar
    Activities of holding companies · Rumst · since 2018
  • HUSCON very similar
    Activities of head offices · Brugge · since 2019
  • HASCON very similar
    Buying and selling of own real estate · Kampenhout · since 2021
  • VOSCON very similar
    Vervaardiging van maalderijproducten · Sint-Truiden · since 2005
  • Mixed farming · since 2007
Names that resemble it 3 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • SCon similar
    Name of an establishment of SOLUTIONS CONSULTANCY · Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Antwerpen · since 2013
  • S-Con similar
    Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Lokeren · since 2014
  • S.CON similar
    Certified accountants and tax accountants · Scherpenheuvel-Zichem · since 2025

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