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.
“Helco”
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
18 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Retie · since 1998
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Vervaardiging van farmaceutische grondstoffen · since 1995
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Full-service restaurants · Bocholt · since 2022
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Wholesale of timber · Beloeil · since 2009
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Gent · since 1986
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Vervaardiging van metalen deuren en vensters · Haacht · since 1988
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Chaumont-Gistoux · since 1989
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Other building finishing work · Antwerpen · since 1989
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Abbreviation of HEUSDENS LUC IMMOBILIENCOMPANY · Development of residential building projects · Sint-Truiden · since 1996
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Ingelmunster · since 2002
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Bertem · since 2016
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Groothandel in papier- en kartonwaren · Zele · since 2018
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Other technical testing and analysis · since 2023
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Retail sale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, excluding motor fuels · since 2003
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Other legal services · Sint-Niklaas · since 2023
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Support activities for animal production · Schoten · since 2024
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Business and other management consultancy · Elsene · since 2024
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Zonhoven · since 2024
Names that resemble it 22 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Groothandel in werkkleding · Alken · since 2006
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Alken · since 2014
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Abbreviation of Koninklijke Handboogmaatschappij De Herderin Leuven · Cafés and bars · Leuven · since 2013
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Abbreviation of HORSES-EQUI-LIBRE · Hannut · since 2021
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Abbreviation of Het eersteleerjaar · Lievegem · since 2004
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Brussel · since 1970
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Kortemark · since 2018
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Activities of holding companies · Lokeren · since 2020
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Temse · since 2010
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Business and other management consultancy · Waregem · since 2006
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Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 2026
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Full-service restaurants · Leuven · since 2008
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Abbreviation of Lesieur-Cotelle · Paris · since 1967
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Other business support services · Wuustwezel · since 1986
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Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · Binche · since 2000
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Business and other management consultancy · Nandrin · since 2020
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Development of residential building projects · Etalle · since 2023
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Site preparation · elsendorp · since 2007
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Mechelen · since 1975
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Machelen (Brab.) · since 1941
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Retie · since 1975