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.
“HanZa”
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
15 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Dilsen-Stokkem · since 2022
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Abbreviation of HANZE VERZEKERINGEN ACHTERGAEL · Insurance agents and brokers · Brugge · since 1985
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Advertising agencies · Antwerpen · since 1986
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Etten-Leur · since 2009
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Other business support services · since 2019
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Haacht · since 2019
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 2009
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Groothandel in papier- en kartonwaren · Balen · since 1979
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Genk · since 2001
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Agents in the wholesale of furniture, household goods and hardware · Genk · since 2012
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Mons · since 2003
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Hairdressing and barber services · Schaarbeek · since 2004
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Wired, wireless and satellite telecommunications · Diest · since 2007
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Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Gent · since 2024
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Groothandel in tabaksproducten · since 1998
Names that resemble it 12 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Name of an establishment of OVA GROUP · Full-service restaurants · Dilbeek · since 2025
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Day spas, saunas and steam baths · since 2013
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Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · Zoersel · since 2010
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Ukkel · since 1993
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Event catering · since 2017
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since 2011
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Mortsel · since 2024
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · De Panne · since 2025
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2026
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since 2024
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Retail sale of household furniture · Oud-Turnhout · since 2008
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Abbreviation of WASSERIJ DE ZWARTE AREND · Sint-Truiden · since 2002