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.
“Helka”
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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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Gent · since 2011
Names that resemble it 19 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Zele · since 1993
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Vermogensbeheer · Schoten · since 2011
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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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Gent · since 2003
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Full-service restaurants · Hastière · since 2019
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Name of an establishment of Eric Lammée Kommunikatie en Advertising · Advertising agencies · Antwerpen · since 1980
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Niet-gespecialiseerde groothandel in niet-diepgevroren voedingsmiddelen, dranken en genotmiddelen · Lede · since 1986
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Name of an establishment of ELVO · Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · Nijlen · since 1987
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Malmedy · since 1988
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Name of an establishment of Malmar Handel · Wholesale of clothing, excluding workwear and underwear · Sint-Lievens-Houtem · since 1993
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 1996
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Agents in the wholesale of furniture, household goods and hardware · since 1996
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Physiotherapy · Leuven · since 2023
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Retail sale of hardware, building materials, paint and glass (general range) · Lier · since 2024
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Leuze-en-Hainaut · since 1948
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · De Haan · since 1989
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since 2017