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.
“Hernes”
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
31 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Activities of holding companies · Merksplas · since 2024
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Business and other management consultancy · Wemmel · since 2016
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Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 2020
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General construction of residential buildings · Brasschaat · since 2024
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Abbreviation of Heres Services · Laying of wooden floor and wall coverings · Schaarbeek · since 1991
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Abbreviation of HEMIKSEM REAL ESTATE · Landscape service activities · Mortsel · since 1992
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Vermogensbeheer · Kluisbergen · since 2015
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Grobbendonk · since 2004
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Brussel · since 1983
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 1991
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Retail sale of other sporting goods · Poperinge · since 1991
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · Beringen · since 1997
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Dendermonde · since 1999
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Fontaine-l'Evêque · since 1999
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Business and other management consultancy · Destelbergen · since 2002
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Psychology services · since 2010
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Full-service restaurants · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2016
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Inland freight water transport · since 1995
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Other information service activities · Halen · since 2017
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 1989
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Beersel · since 2020
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Graphic design and visual communication · Mechelen · since 2021
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · since 2010
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Book publishing · Zoersel · since 2010
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Antwerpen · since 2012
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Brugge · since 2005
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Abbreviation of BUREAU D'ARCHITECTURE CERNES · Activities of building architects · Sprimont · since 2006
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Vocational training · since 2007
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Hairdressing and barber services · Thimister-Clermont · since 2008
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · since 2008
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Name of an establishment of HERMES RENOVATIE · General construction of residential buildings · since 2019
Names that resemble it 8 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Brussel · since 2025
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Performing arts by independent artists · Antwerpen · since 2018
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Activities of holding companies · Halle · since 2007
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Name of an establishment of JAV · Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Genesius-Rode · since 2017
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Pajottegem · since 1997
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Joinery installation · Wingene · since 1998
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Painting of buildings · Neupré · since 1999
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Joinery installation · since 2024