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.
“HQI”
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
2 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Groothandel in werkkleding · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2009
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Abbreviation of HIGH QUALITY INVEST · Buying and selling of own real estate · Beringen · since 2012
Names that resemble it 7 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Name of an establishment of VZW de Verhalenbakkerij · Performing arts by independent artists · Jette · since 2014
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Name of an establishment of El Laboristo · Reparatie en onderhoud van andere civiele transportmiddelen · Gent · since 2019
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Manufacture of medical and dental instruments and supplies · Turnhout · since 2021
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Name of an establishment of Nightlight · Literary creation · Kortrijk · since 2021
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Cafés and bars · Charleroi · since 2023
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Abbreviation of HQ GAMING CLUB · Cafés and bars · Sint-Niklaas · since 2011
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Abbreviation of HQ SQUARED · Certified accountants and tax accountants · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 2024