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.
“HOVAM”
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
20 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Mixed farming · Heuvelland · since 2010
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Herselt · since 1983
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Retail sale of automotive fuel · Torhout · since 1990
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Freight transport by road · Quiévrain · since 2013
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Construction of roads and motorways · since 2014
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Pig breeding farms · Kluisbergen · since 2021
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Name of an establishment · Groothandel in weefsels, stoffen en fournituren · Kapellen · since 1986
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General electrical installation work · Tienen · since 1988
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Scherpenheuvel-Zichem · since 1989
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Floor and wall tiling · Houthalen-Helchteren · since 1990
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Growing of pome and stone fruits · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 1993
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Brugge · since 1998
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Abbreviation of HEVA Management · Activities of holding companies · Holsbeek · since 2021
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Other legal services · Antwerpen · since 2022
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Other business support services · Waasmunster · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · Houthulst · since 2012
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Geel · since 2004
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Activities of lawyers · Elsene · since 2023
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Activities of lawyers · Gavere · since 2024
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Diest · since 1995
Names that resemble it 17 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Wholesale of fruit and vegetables, excluding potatoes · Mons · since 1970
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General construction of residential buildings · Herk-de-Stad · since 1994
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Vervaardiging van gegolfd papier, golfkarton en verpakkingsmateriaal van papier en karton · Mouscron · since 2018
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Landscape service activities · Hasselt · since 2011
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Pig breeding farms · Kalmthout · since 1993
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Gent · since 2013
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Ieper · since 1993
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Wholesale of live animals · Koekelare · since 2000
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General electrical installation work · Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 2013
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Activities of holding companies · Mouscron · since 2017
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Verhuur en lease van landbouwmachines en -werktuigen · Tournai · since 2011
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Activities of holding companies · Kortrijk · since 2025
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Varkensvetmesterijen · Ledegem · since 2025
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Name of an establishment of VLAAMSE VERENIGING VOOR ICT-PERSONEEL · Employment placement agencies · Brussel · since 2014
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Abbreviation of Openbare Vlaamse Afvalstoffenmaatschappij · Openbaar bestuur op het gebied gezondheidszorg, onderwijs, culturele diensten en andere sociale diensten · Mechelen · since 2006
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Charleroi · since 1968
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Groothandel in sanitair · Antwerpen · since 1986