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.
“HansCo”
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
10 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Activities of head offices · Beernem · since 2026
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Dental practice · since 2017
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · since 2023
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Office administrative and support services · since 1994
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Activities of holding companies · Alken · since 2010
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Detailhandel in onderkleding, lingerie en strand- en badkleding · Ukkel · since 2004
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Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · Edegem · since 1990
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Real estate agency activities · since 2017
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Schoten · since 2024
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Wholesale of clothing, excluding workwear and underwear · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 1993
Names that resemble it 27 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Literary creation · Lichtervelde · since 2023
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Insulation installation · since 2010
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Abbreviation of Hulp aan Nieuwe Start · Antwerpen · since 1984
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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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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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Day spas, saunas and steam baths · since 2024
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Other financial services · Gent · since 2008
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Sports and recreation education · Oostkamp · since 2016
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Agents in the wholesale of textiles, clothing, fur, footwear and leather goods · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2014
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Physiotherapy · since 2025
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Trade name of BUS DE POLDER · Non-scheduled passenger transport by road · Antwerpen · since 1988
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Full-service restaurants · since 2016
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Other professional, scientific and technical activities · since 2021
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Vermogensbeheer · Oudergem · since 2020
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Detailhandel in vlees van wild en van gevogelte · Sint-Katelijne-Waver · since 2023
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Full-service restaurants · Brussel · since 2008
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Mortsel · since 2009
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Real estate agency activities · Mechelen · since 2011
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Activities of holding companies · Antwerpen · since 2007
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2025
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Video and film production, excluding cinema and television films · since 2026
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Computer programming · Liedekerke · since 2000
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since 1978
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Antwerpen · since 1968