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Compared with the KBO register · free

Type the name you want to use. You see at once whether an active company already has the same or a similar name, and whether it works in your sector.

“HiNode”

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.

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Same or very similar names

6 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • HiNode same name
    Computer programming · Wavre · since 2022
  • Hinode same name
    Tienen · since 2024
  • HINODEYA very similar
    Full-service restaurants · Elsene · since 2002
  • Sole trader very similar
    Psychology services · since 2024
  • Sole trader very similar
    Psychology services · since 2025
  • Sole trader very similar
    Psychology services · since 2026
Names that resemble it 8 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • H.I.N.O. similar
    Abbreviation of HOGER INSTITUUT VOOR NA-SCHOOLSE OPLEIDING - VLAAMS AUDIO VISUEEL ONDERWIJS · since 1985
  • HINOA similar
    Groothandel in papier- en kartonwaren · Hoogstraten · since 2018
  • HINOMA similar
    Activities of holding companies · Berlare · since 1994
  • Hinojo similar
    Other business support services · Kortrijk · since 2018
  • HINOVA similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Oupeye · since 2022
  • Sole trader similar
    Other business support services · since 2026
  • Hinoka similar
    Name of an establishment of DE ZONNEHOEVE · Business and other management consultancy · Tienen · since 2026
  • Node similar
    Post-production of films, video and television programmes · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2024

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. A name can be free in the register and still be protected as a trademark. Trademarks are searched in the 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.

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