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.
“Hailo”
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
11 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2022
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Roofing work · since 2025
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Performing arts by independent artists · Gent · since 1983
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Kortrijk · since 1999
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Hairdressing and barber services · Herk-de-Stad · since 2002
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Antwerpen · since 2016
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Menen · since 2017
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Sint-Truiden · since 2019
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Speur- en ontwikkelingswerk op het gebied van de maatschappij- en geesteswetenschappen · Aalst · since 2008
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Gent · since 2023
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Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · Oupeye · since 2012
Names that resemble it 10 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Activiteiten van tolken · since 2026
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Retail sale of women's outerwear · since 2026
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Retail sale of women's outerwear · Waterloo · since 2019
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Abbreviation of Hannah Arendt Instituut voor burgerschap, stedelijkheid en diversiteit · Officieel hoger onderwijs · Mechelen · since 2020
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Name of an establishment of MAGOMA · Computer programming · Eghezée · since 2022
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Bodywork repair (including spraying and painting) · since 2012
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Eghezée · since 2023
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Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · since 2024
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Insulation installation · since 2026
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Laying of wooden floor and wall coverings · since 2026