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.
“HULST”
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
10 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Vermogensbeheer · Bonheiden · since 2014
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General construction of residential buildings · Lier · since 1986
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Ronse · since 2023
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since 2000
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Name of an establishment of Foyer De Lork · Rust- en verzorgingstehuizen (RVT) · Geel · since 1991
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Full-service restaurants · Hulshout · since 2001
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Full-service restaurants · since 2025
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General construction of residential buildings · Zandhoven · since 1985
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General construction of residential buildings · Hasselt · since 2020
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Landscape service activities · since 1995
Names that resemble it 33 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of Chemische Werke Huls AG · Marl · since 1974
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since 1994
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Joinery installation · Riemst · since 2007
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Event catering · Beernem · since 2019
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Manufacture of beer · since 2019
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Sint-Gillis-Waas · since 2020
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Development of residential building projects · Lede · since 2021
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Mixed farming · since 2022
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Abbreviation of Honden Unief · Pet training · Bierbeek · since 1994
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Abbreviation of LES HOPITAUX UNIVERSITAIRES DE LIEGE, Groupement Hospitalier · Liège · since 2024
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Sint-Gillis-Waas · since 1999
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Support activities for crop production · Opwijk · since 2020
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Abbreviation of HOF TEN HULSBOS · Retail sale of flowers, plants, seeds and fertilisers · Elsene · since 2002
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General electrical installation work · Beringen · since 2014
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Agents in the wholesale of furniture, household goods and hardware · Hasselt · since 2017
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Landscape service activities · since 2019
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Renting and leasing of sports and recreation goods · since 2025
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Name of an establishment of Bouwwerken Verhulst · Buying and selling of own real estate · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 1970
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Event catering · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 1985
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 1996
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Brugge · since 2000
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Evergem · since 2000
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Plumbing work · Stabroek · since 2016
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Business and other management consultancy · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2009
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Antwerpen · since 2003
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Activities of building architects · since 2015
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Manufacture of other builders' carpentry and joinery · since 2018
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Specialist medical practice · since 1990
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2025
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Landscape service activities · since 2012
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Joinery installation · since 2012
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2025
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Vervaardiging van andere voedingsmiddelen, n.e.g. · Sint-Niklaas · since 1972