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.
“Havanges”
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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Activities of head offices · Hoogstraten · since 2010
Names that resemble it 18 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Genk · since 1992
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Chaudfontaine · since 1996
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Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · Langemark-Poelkapelle · since 2019
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Tongeren-Borgloon · since 2001
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Beernem · since 2015
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Design of textile patterns, clothing, jewellery, furniture and decorative items · Wortegem-Petegem · since 2018
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Oudergem · since 2019
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Other education · Wingene · since 2021
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Inland freight water transport · Schilde · since 2023
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Computer programming · Tessenderlo-Ham · since 2006
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Oudsbergen · since 2021
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Activities of holding companies · Lichtervelde · since 2006
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Vervaardiging van producten van vlees of van vlees van gevogelte · Roeselare · since 1968
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Freight transport by road · Kaprijke · since 1978
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Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 1997
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Abbreviation of Honden Africhtings Vereniging Aarschot · Pet training · Rotselaar · since 2021
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2011
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Abbreviation of Hulp Aan Verdoken Armoede · Maldegem · since 1994