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.
“Hermanus”
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
39 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Retail sale of flowers, plants, seeds and fertilisers · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1989
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Other amusement and recreation activities · Brecht · since 2025
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Luxemburg · since 2012
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Wholesale of live animals · Hamoir · since 1985
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Mixed farming · Bassenge · since 1991
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Kortrijk · since 2013
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Cafés and bars · since 2015
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Instellingen met huisvesting voor volwassenen met een mentale handicap · Frameries · since 2018
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2018
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Vermogensbeheer · Zoersel · since 2011
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Other specialised construction activities · since 2021
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2000
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Literary creation · since 2021
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Groothandel in fietsen · Sint-Niklaas · since 2010
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Lanaken · since 2003
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Antwerpen · since 2006
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Insulation installation · since 2014
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2026
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Herentals · since 1983
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Name of an establishment of HERMANS - ARNAUTS · Full-service restaurants · Leuven · since 1983
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Site preparation · Charleroi · since 1984
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Detailhandel in kledingaccessoires · Heusden-Zolder · since 1988
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Abbreviation of HERMANS KAREL TECHNISCH INSTALLATIEBUREAU · Helden · since 1989
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Industriële vervaardiging van brood en van vers banketbakkerswerk · Bonheiden · since 1996
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Full-service restaurants · Leopoldsburg · since 2000
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Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Antwerpen · since 1971
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Vervaardiging van keukenmeubelen · Dilsen-Stokkem · since 2013
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Business and other management consultancy · Mechelen · since 2017
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Business and other management consultancy · Hulshout · since 2011
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Name of an establishment of BAKKERIJ GIJBELS · Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · Schoten · since 2006
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since 2022
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Leuven · since 1994
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Scheiden 53937 · since 1996
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Performing arts by independent artists · Antwerpen · since 2018
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Full-service restaurants · Brugge · since 2019
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2021
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Business and other management consultancy · Deerlijk · since 2024
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Name of an establishment of VAN DESSEL · Full-service restaurants · Gent · since 1988
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General electrical installation work · Gent · since 2021
Names that resemble it 17 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Pig breeding farms · since 2010
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Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · Arlon · since 1983
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Balen · since 2000
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Cafés and bars · Zwevegem · since 2017
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Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 2018
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Vermogensbeheer · Elsene · since 2021
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Schoten · since 2008
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Vervaardiging van fietsen en invalidenwagens · since 2026
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Vervaardiging van machines voor de landbouw en de bosbouw · since 2025
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since 1993
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Sint-Truiden · since 1993
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Business and other management consultancy · Bertem · since 2013
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General construction of residential buildings · Duffel · since 2021
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Activities of holding companies · Antwerpen · since 2022
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Genk · since 2010
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Groothandel in installatiemateriaal voor loodgieterswerk en verwarming · Andenne · since 2007
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Business and other management consultancy · Malmedy · since 2016