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.
“HiFi”
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
12 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Antwerpen · since 2007
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Name of an establishment of Marketplace Distribution Services · Other non-specialised retail sale · Willebroek · since 2019
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Retail sale of electrical household appliances · Nivelles · since 1980
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Abbreviation of HIFI VIDEO MUST · Retail sale of electrical household appliances · Liège · since 1985
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · Brugge · since 2003
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Retail sale of electrical household appliances · Antwerpen · since 1983
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Performing arts by independent artists · Charleroi · since 1988
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Photography, excluding press photography · Anderlecht · since 1997
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · since 1970
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Retail sale of electrical household appliances · Etterbeek · since 2011
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Vervaardiging van elektromotoren en van elektrische generatoren en transformatoren · Wommelgem · since 1989
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · since 1978
Names that resemble it 22 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Name of an establishment of SYRIANA · Retail sale of information and communication equipment · Antwerpen · since 2018
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Other business support services · Alveringem · since 2001
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Abbreviation of HOCKEY INTEGRATION FOUNDATION · Edegem · since 2015
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Sports and recreation education · since 2020
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OBERPALLEN · since 2000
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Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2023
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Abbreviation of Historic Flight of Florennes · Florennes · since 2016
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Cafés and bars · Brussel · since 2017
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Nursing and midwifery · since 2025
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · Antwerpen · since 2024
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Knokke-Heist · since 1968
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · since 1975
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Vervaardiging van andere elektrische apparatuur · since 1977
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · since 1979
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Geluidsopnamestudio's · since 2007
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Full-service restaurants · Ukkel · since 2024
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Retail sale of electrical household appliances · since 1973
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Wholesale of electrical household appliances and audio-video equipment · since 1983
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Name of an establishment of Tryphon Consulting · Business and other management consultancy · Hasselt · since 2007
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · Zaventem · since 2021
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Name of an establishment of GREDAVEN · Retail sale of electrical household appliances · Namur · since 2001
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Waterloo · since 1973