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Compared with the KBO register · free

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.

“HVV”

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.

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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

11 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • H.V.V. same name
    Abbreviation of Huis voor Vrijzinnigen · Leuven · since 1980
  • H.V.V. same name
    Abbreviation of Huisartsenvereniging Voorkempen · Schilde · since 1982
  • H.V.V. same name
    Westerlo · since 1983
  • H.V.V. same name
    Abbreviation of HEIST VEE VLEES · Wholesale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Westerlo · since 1995
  • H.V.V. same name
    Name of an establishment of HANDELSONDERNEMING VAN VELDHOVEN · Wholesale of machine tools · Pelt · since 2000
  • HVV same name
    Abbreviation of Hubertus Vereniging Vlaanderen · Activiteiten van sportbonden en -federaties · Schaarbeek · since 2001
  • HvV same name
    Abbreviation of Huis van Vrienden · Sint-Katelijne-Waver · since 2020
  • HVV same name
    Business and other management consultancy · Lasne · since 2022
  • HVV same name
    Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Elsene · since 2012
  • HVV same name
    Abbreviation of Haemochromatose Vereniging Vlaanderen · Leuven · since 2012
  • HVV-VBR very similar
    Abbreviation of Hubertus Vereniging Vlaanderen Vlaams-Brabant · Kampenhout · since 2004
Names that resemble it 9 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • H.V.V.B. similar
    Abbreviation of Hengelsport Verbond Vlaams Brabant · Leuven · since 1994
  • HHVV similar
    Abbreviation of Het Huis Van Vier · Photography, excluding press photography · Edegem · since 2020
  • HV similar
    Abbreviation of HASAN VELI · Plastering work · Aalst · since 2013
  • HV similar
    Specialist medical practice · Ukkel · since 2014
  • HV? similar
    Abbreviation of Hart voor ? · Boechout · since 2015
  • HV similar
    Vervaardiging van artikelen van draad en van kettingen en veren · Lebbeke · since 2017
  • HV similar
    Insurance agents and brokers · Ecaussinnes · since 2023
  • HV vzw similar
    Abbreviation of Homo Vulgaris vzw · Wetteren · since 2024
  • HV+ similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Abbreviation of HUMMINGBIRD VENTURES III · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 2016

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