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.
“Hercos”
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
22 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Vervaardiging van elektromotoren en van elektrische generatoren en transformatoren · Boutersem · since 2011
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Vervaardiging van buizen, pijpen, holle profielen en fittings daarvoor, van staal · Houthalen-Helchteren · since 2005
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Computer programming · Jette · since 1982
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Manufacture of other wood products · De Haan · since 1989
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Wholesale of information and communication equipment · since 1992
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Vermogensbeheer · Mechelen · since 2013
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Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Martens-Latem · since 2006
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Verhuur en lease van vrachtwagens · Antwerpen · since 1981
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Abbreviation of Holistische Ecologische Societeit · Antwerpen · since 1992
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Other specialised construction activities · since 2018
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 2021
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Public relations and communication consultancy · since 2024
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Diksmuide · since 1982
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Freight transport by road · Genk · since 1986
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Activities of holding companies · Nijlen · since 2001
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Raising of sheep and goats · Oudenburg · since 2015
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Activities of holding companies · Lasne · since 2017
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Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · Arendonk · since 2019
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Machining of metals · Blankenberge · since 2026
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General construction of residential buildings · Namur · since 2026
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Machining of metals · Houthalen-Helchteren · since 1987
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Other printing · Charleroi · since 2019
Names that resemble it 14 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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CIELĄDZ · since 2023
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Abbreviation of HERSSENS & COOLEN, MANAGEMENT · Public relations and communication consultancy · Ganshoren · since 1994
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Hairdressing and barber services · Plombières · since 2008
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Vervaardiging van andere producten van rubber · Lanaken · since 1981
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Retail sale of pharmaceutical products · Jurbise · since 1993
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Retail sale of cosmetics and toilet articles · Gent · since 2000
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Business and other management consultancy · Temse · since 2023
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Full-service restaurants · Namur · since 2025
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Insurance agents and brokers · Herk-de-Stad · since 1998
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Knokke-Heist · since 2017
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Sint-Truiden · since 2005
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Willebroek · since 2024
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Property management for co-owned buildings (syndics) · Ieper · since 1993
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Ardooie · since 2018