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.
“HTEC”
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
1 registered enterprise with a name easily confused with yours.
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Other education · Gent · since 2021
Names that resemble it 14 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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General construction of residential buildings · Ittre · since 2022
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Abbreviation of HOF TEN EIKEN · Contract catering and other food service activities · Duffel · since 1987
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Vervaardiging van elektrische en elektronische benodigdheden voor motorvoertuigen · since 2011
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Soumagne · since 2025
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Other building finishing work · since 2011
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Lochristi · since 2002
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Repair and maintenance of machinery · since 2019
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General electrical installation work · since 2026
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Activities of holding companies · Lier · since 1996
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Machining of metals · Frasnes-lez-Anvaing · since 2019
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General electrical installation work · Houthalen-Helchteren · since 2021
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Name of an establishment of CARWASH CONCEPT COMPANY 3C · Vervaardiging van hogedrukreinigers, zandstraalapparaten en dergelijk reinigingsmateriaal · Gent · since 1995
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Activities of holding companies · Balen · since 2019
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Construction of utility projects for electricity and telecommunications · Zele · since 2022