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.
“HOST”
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
8 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Business and other management consultancy · Pajottegem · since 1999
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Abbreviation of House of Sweets & Things · Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Antwerpen · since 2016
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Abbreviation of HOST CONSULTING · Business and other management consultancy · Leuven · since 2019
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Hotels and similar accommodation · Voeren · since 2025
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Holiday cottages, homes and apartments · Mons · since 2022
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since 1989
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Houffalize · since 2022
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since 1982
Names that resemble it 49 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of DRUKKERIJ EN UITGEVERIJ HOSTE · Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Gent · since 1914
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Veurne · since 1987
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Wevelgem · since 1991
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Activities of holding companies · Mont-Saint-Guibert · since 1995
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Development of residential building projects · Antwerpen · since 2000
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General construction of residential buildings · Beersel · since 2017
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Vermogensbeheer · Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 2013
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Name of an establishment of BAKKERIJ DEAN HOSTE · Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Wetteren · since 2023
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Full-service restaurants · Maldegem · since 2003
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General electrical installation work · Beernem · since 2023
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Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · Aalter · since 2026
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Abbreviation of ADVIESBURO HOSTEN · Insurance agents and brokers · Brugge · since 1992
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Joinery installation · Roeselare · since 1998
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · since 2023
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Cultural education · since 2021
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · Avelgem · since 2024
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Other holiday and short-stay accommodation · Ukkel · since 2026
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Other business support services · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of SCHOENEN HOSTENS - DEHAEZE · Retail sale of footwear · Menen · since 1981
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Other information technology and computer services · Alken · since 2001
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since 2015
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Web portal activities · since 2024
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Manufacture of outerwear · Elsene · since 2022
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Verwerking en conservering van vlees van gevogelte · Mouscron · since 2009
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Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · since 2006
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Business and other management consultancy · Aalter · since 2006
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · since 2007
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Sports and recreation education · Jette · since 2024
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Computer programming · since 2025
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Ingelmunster · since 1989
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Market research and public opinion polling · Liège · since 2017
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Abbreviation of HYDROELECTRICITE D'OURTHE ET SAMBRE · Productie van elektriciteit uit hernieuwbare bronnen · Fontaine-l'Evêque · since 2018
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Other postal and courier activities · since 2024
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Full-service restaurants · Herentals · since 2022
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Activities of building architects · Tessenderlo-Ham · since 2008
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Scheduled passenger transport by road · Denderleeuw · since 2024
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Ingelmunster · since 2016
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Name of an establishment of Jepa Cleaning · General cleaning of buildings · Oudenburg · since 2024
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Ukkel · since 1988
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Activities of bailiffs · Ukkel · since 2013
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Office administrative and support services · since 2014
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Plumbing work · since 2016
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since 1985
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since 2022
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2005
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Support activities for crop production · Rixensart · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2026
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Wingene · since 1984
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General construction of residential buildings · Silly · since 2012