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.
“HVD”
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
8 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Abbreviation of Huisartsenvereniging der Durmestreek · Other business support services · Lokeren · since 1982
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Abbreviation of Huisartsenvereniging Demervallei · Other education · Aarschot · since 1990
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Other specialised construction activities · Oudenaarde · since 1994
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Brugge · since 1994
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Vervaardiging van machines voor de productie van voedings- en genotmiddelen · Haaltert · since 1995
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Wholesale of electrical household appliances and audio-video equipment · Sint-Genesius-Rode · since 1997
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Abbreviation of HANS VAN DROOGENBROECK · Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 2019
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Abbreviation of Hart van de Vader|Coeur du Père · Dendermonde · since 2026
Names that resemble it 16 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of HUGUES VANDEPARRE · Business and other management consultancy · Enghien · since 2020
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Abbreviation of Harold Vanden Berghe · Activities of lawyers · Elsene · since 2020
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Wholesale of other food products · since 2020
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Computer programming · since 2015
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Leopoldsburg · since 2022
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Computer programming · Lennik · since 2009
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Abbreviation of HUIS VAN DE SMAAK · Event catering · Hasselt · since 2012
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Activities of holding companies · Turnhout · since 2004
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General electrical installation work · Vilvoorde · since 2026
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Specialist medical practice · Turnhout · since 2003
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Abbreviation of HASAN VELI · Plastering work · Aalst · since 2013
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Specialist medical practice · Ukkel · since 2014
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Abbreviation of Hart voor ? · Boechout · since 2015
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Vervaardiging van artikelen van draad en van kettingen en veren · Lebbeke · since 2017
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Insurance agents and brokers · Ecaussinnes · since 2023
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Abbreviation of HUMMINGBIRD VENTURES III · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 2016