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.
“HOTIM”
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
16 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Business and other management consultancy · Kortrijk · since 2026
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Activities of holding companies · Aalter · since 2005
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Cafés and bars · Bree · since 2024
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Verhuur en exploitatie van terreinen · Ieper · since 1931
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Abbreviation of Fotim, Fotoprodukten · Pre-press and pre-media services · Antwerpen · since 1978
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Abbreviation of Groupe Opérateur en Technologie, Information et Management de l'Environnement · Business and other management consultancy · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 1992
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Dental practice · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2020
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Namur · since 2021
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Activities of head offices · Hasselt · since 2023
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Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 2011
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Business and other management consultancy · Genk · since 2003
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Visé · since 2003
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Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Schaarbeek · since 2005
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Other information service activities · since 2024
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Cafés and bars · Liège · since 2025
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Gerpinnes · since 2026
Names that resemble it 12 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Activities of holding companies · Hasselt · since 2019
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Translation services · since 2023
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General construction of residential buildings · Amel · since 1989
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Abbreviation of Horeca Ondernemers Turnhout · Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · Turnhout · since 2019
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Abbreviation of House of Talent · since 2005
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Abbreviation of Hak Op De Tak · Landscape service activities · Lier · since 2026
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Floor and wall tiling · since 2021
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Day spas, saunas and steam baths · since 2025
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Brussel · since 1991
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2025
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Theux · since 2007
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Other manufacturing not elsewhere classified · since 1997