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“HOUBA”

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Same or very similar names

29 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • HOUBA same name
    Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · Brussel · since 1990
  • HoubA same name
    Retail sale of cosmetics and toilet articles · Diepenbeek · since 2026
  • Houba 678 very similar
    Name of an establishment of ARYOS · Launderettes and laundries for private customers · Etterbeek · since 2013
  • Sole trader very similar
    Support activities for crop production · since 2015
  • HOUBA LIMO very similar
    On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · Koekelberg · since 2018
  • HORUBA very similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Meise · since 2024
  • Sole trader very similar
    Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 1990
  • Sole trader very similar
    Households as employers of domestic personnel · since 2020
  • Sole trader very similar
    Other personal services · since 2012
  • Le Houba very similar
    Name of an establishment of JIH · Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Brussel · since 2015
  • Sole trader very similar
    General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2015
  • Sole trader very similar
    Retail sale of medical and orthopaedic goods, excluding prescription glasses and lenses · since 2017
  • Sole trader very similar
    since 2020
  • Sole trader very similar
    Activiteiten van reisorganisatoren · since 2023
  • Sole trader very similar
    Office administrative and support services · since 2023
  • Sole trader very similar
    since 2009
  • Sole trader very similar
    Dental practice · since 2006
  • Sole trader very similar
    Activiteiten van makelaars en agenten voor elektriciteit en aardgas · since 2026
  • BCS HOUBA very similar
    Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Brussel · since 2025
  • Sole trader very similar
    Pre-press and pre-media services · since 2014
  • Sole trader very similar
    since 2020
  • Sole trader very similar
    Mixed farming · since 1995
  • Sole trader very similar
    Reparatie en onderhoud van elektronische en optische apparatuur · since 2020
  • Sole trader very similar
    Medical imaging and medical laboratories · since 2023
  • Sole trader very similar
    Photography, excluding press photography · since 2024
  • Sole trader very similar
    Site preparation · since 2025
  • Sole trader very similar
    since 2026
  • Sole trader very similar
    since 2012
  • TOUBA very similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 1995
Names that resemble it 18 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • HOUBAGRI similar
    Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Beauraing · since 1996
  • HOUBEN similar
    General construction of other non-residential buildings · Hasselt · since 1976
  • HOUBEN similar
    Groothandel in reinigingsmiddelen · Seraing · since 1982
  • HOUBEN similar
    Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Antwerpen · since 1990
  • Houben similar
    Raising of dairy cattle · Sint-Truiden · since 2010
  • Sole trader similar
    Activities of building architects · since 2005
  • Sole trader similar
    Activities of building architects · since 1987
  • Sole trader similar
    Nursing and midwifery · since 2025
  • HOUBEN R. similar
    Site preparation · Heers · since 2000
  • HOUBLEX similar
    Teelt van gewassen bestemd voor de vervaardiging van dranken · Arlon · since 2021
  • Sole trader similar
    Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · since 2022
  • Sole trader similar
    Psychology services · since 2022
  • Sole trader similar
    Painting of buildings · since 1989
  • Sole trader similar
    Event catering · since 2001
  • Sole trader similar
    Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2022
  • Sole trader similar
    since 1994
  • Sole trader similar
    Raising of other animals · since 2000
  • Sole trader similar
    Other personal services · since 2026

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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