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.
“HOUDA”
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
18 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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since 1999
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Turnhout · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of Cites · Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Dendermonde · since 2022
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Activities of lawyers · since 2024
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Psychology services · since 2024
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Manufacture of imitation jewellery and related articles · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of DR.AZAIEZ · General medical practice · Overijse · since 2002
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Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · Brussel · since 1990
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Burg-Reuland · since 1990
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Wholesale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Oudenaarde · since 1998
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Name of an establishment of HONDA MOTOR EUROPE LIMITED · Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Berkshire · since 1999
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Business and other management consultancy · Oostrozebeke · since 2013
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Nursing and midwifery · since 2022
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2020
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Liège · since 2017
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Vermogensbeheer · Waasmunster · since 2020
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Activities of holding companies · Brugge · since 2023
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since 2022
Names that resemble it 26 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Joinery installation · Londerzeel · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of UNIVERSITE DE MONS · Officieel hoger onderwijs · Mons · since 1971
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Computer programming · Eeklo · since 2022
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Name of an establishment of Patrimoine de l'Université de Mons · Officieel hoger onderwijs · Mons · since 1966
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Logistics services · since 2017
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since 2025
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Name of an establishment of BBK · Installation of industrial machinery and equipment · La Louvière · since 1990
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · since 2025
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Agents in the wholesale of furniture, household goods and hardware · since 2020
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2023
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since 2010
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Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · since 1995
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since 2008
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Physiotherapy · since 2020
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2025
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2026
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Sports and recreation education · since 2026
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2021
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2021
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Roofing work · since 2023
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since 2009
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Other education · since 2025
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Other cleaning activities · since 2026
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Brussel · since 1980
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Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · Elsene · since 1993