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.
“Hint”
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
6 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Name of an establishment of HINT- BO DECRAMER · Advertising agencies · Menen · since 1993
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Abbreviation of HOME INTELLIGENT NETWORKING TECHNOLOGIES · General electrical installation work · Brugge · since 2000
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Joinery installation · Kruisem · since 2011
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Activities of interior architects · Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 2012
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Activities of interior architects · Hoogstraten · since 2025
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since 1999
Names that resemble it 17 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Vervaardiging van keukenmeubelen · since 2024
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Abbreviation of Hulp in Nood · Oudenaarde · since 1994
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Painting of buildings · Affligem · since 2017
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Abbreviation of Huisdieren in nesten VZW · Wervik · since 2018
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Abbreviation of Howest Incubator Netwerk · Kortrijk · since 2019
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Nursing and midwifery · Antwerpen · since 2022
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Activities of interior architects · Lo-Reninge · since 2025
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Abbreviation of HOGER INSTITUUT VOOR NA-SCHOOLSE OPLEIDING - VLAAMS AUDIO VISUEEL ONDERWIJS · since 1985
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Event catering · Antwerpen · since 2014
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Teelt van vezelgewassen · Tielt · since 2024
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Public relations and communication consultancy · since 2025
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Uitgeven van tijdschriften · Geel · since 2013
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Pre-press and pre-media services · since 2015
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Other maintenance and repair of motor vehicles · since 2020
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Wommelgem · since 2015
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Manufacture of other builders' carpentry and joinery · since 2015
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Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 1997