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.
“Hano”
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
1 registered enterprise with a name easily confused with yours.
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Vermogensbeheer · Waregem · since 2014
Names that resemble it 55 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of Huisartsen Noord-Oost Limburg · Kinrooi · since 1992
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Ingelmunster · since 2016
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Activities of holding companies · Harelbeke · since 2012
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Ukkel · since 1993
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Cafés and bars · Knokke-Heist · since 1998
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Plumbing work · Silly · since 2001
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Villers-le-Bouillet · since 2001
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Event catering · since 2017
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Computer programming · Tessenderlo-Ham · since 2017
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Wholesale of fruit and vegetables, excluding potatoes · Ieper · since 2017
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Business and other management consultancy · Bonheiden · since 2017
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Other education · Wingene · since 2021
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2021
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Vermogensbeheer · Hamont-Achel · since 2021
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since 2011
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Antwerpen · since 2024
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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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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2025
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2026
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Merchtem · since 1974
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Brussel · since 1991
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Retail sale of household furniture · Turnhout · since 2003
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Beerse · since 2017
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Thimister-Clermont · since 2021
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2010
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Dessel · since 2011
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Abbreviation of HANENVERBOND DER BEIDE VLAANDEREN · Damme · since 1955
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Business and other management consultancy · Berlaar · since 2026
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · Vorst · since 1991
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Abbreviation of Hulp aan Nieuwe Start · Antwerpen · since 1984
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Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · since 2014
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Activities of holding companies · Vorselaar · since 2016
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Gent · since 2018
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Abbreviation of HAVE A NICE LIFE · Retail sale of other sporting goods · Gerpinnes · since 2018
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Marche-en-Famenne · since 2019
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1992
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Name of an establishment of MOFTI · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Oostende · since 2022
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Amel · since 2010
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Name of an establishment of HANKANG · Full-service restaurants · Elsene · since 2006
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Abbreviation of Have A Nice Day · Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Welkenraedt · since 2024
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Day spas, saunas and steam baths · since 2024
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Business and other management consultancy · Tervuren · since 2025
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Verviers · since 2025
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Other retail sale of food · Antwerpen · since 2026
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Cafés and bars · since 2026
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Aalst · since 2026
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Bemiddelingsactiviteiten voor de gespecialiseerde detailhandel · since 2026
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Other specialised construction activities · since 1971
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since 1995
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Hairdressing and barber services · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2020
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Specialist medical practice · Soignies · since 2012
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General electrical installation work · since 2024
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Saint-Ghislain · since 2014
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Wavre · since 1996