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.
“HVS”
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
12 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Abbreviation of Huisartsenvereniging Scheldekracht · General medical practice · Gent · since 1984
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Painting of buildings · Hoogstraten · since 1998
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Name of an establishment of ROSAS · Computer programming · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2013
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Abbreviation of Het Huis van Servaas · Hoegaarden · since 2015
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Real estate appraisal on a fee or contract basis · LONDON · since 2015
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Other construction installation · Izegem · since 2019
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Abbreviation of Heines Verwarming en Sanitair · Repair and maintenance of fabricated metal products · Dilsen-Stokkem · since 2023
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Abbreviation of Hout Van Staal · Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Wetteren · since 2010
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Abbreviation of HAVERSO · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Charleroi · since 2024
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Abbreviation of Wij Heeren Van Schoorisse · Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Maarkedal · since 2025
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Abbreviation of HVS & PARTENAIRES · Land surveying · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 2007
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Charleroi · since 2001
Names that resemble it 8 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of le Hérisson Volant - SYSTEMA, Sport et Bien-être · Manage · since 2017
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Finishing of textiles · since 2025
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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