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.
“Hippocrate”
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
9 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Vorst · since 1995
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Full-service restaurants · since 1988
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Waterloo · since 2004
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Eeklo · since 1988
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Real estate appraisal on a fee or contract basis · Tervuren · since 2005
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Manufacture of medical and dental instruments and supplies · Hasselt · since 2020
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Ans · since 2020
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Name of an establishment of Centre pharmaceutique de Louvain-la-Neuve · Retail sale of pharmaceutical products · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 1972
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Tournai · since 1988
Names that resemble it 11 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Antwerpen · since 2020
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Zottegem · since 1986
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General medical practice · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2022
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Name of an establishment of HIPPO-SERVICE · Non-scheduled passenger transport by road · Brugge · since 1984
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Drukken van dagbladen · Antwerpen · since 1995
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Kontich · since 2002
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Non-scheduled passenger transport by road · Brugge · since 2022
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Pet care services, excluding veterinary services · Poperinge · since 2020
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Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2007
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Nursing and midwifery · Eeklo · since 2021
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · since 2016