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.
“HoS”
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
1 registered enterprise with a name easily confused with yours.
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · Avelgem · since 2024
Names that resemble it 41 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Ingelmunster · since 1989
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Business and other management consultancy · Pajottegem · since 1999
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Abbreviation of House of Sweets & Things · Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Antwerpen · since 2016
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Market research and public opinion polling · Liège · since 2017
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Abbreviation of HYDROELECTRICITE D'OURTHE ET SAMBRE · Productie van elektriciteit uit hernieuwbare bronnen · Fontaine-l'Evêque · since 2018
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Abbreviation of HOST CONSULTING · Business and other management consultancy · Leuven · since 2019
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Other postal and courier activities · since 2024
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Full-service restaurants · Herentals · since 2022
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Activities of building architects · Tessenderlo-Ham · since 2008
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Scheduled passenger transport by road · Denderleeuw · since 2024
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Hotels and similar accommodation · Voeren · since 2025
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Abbreviation of DRUKKERIJ EN UITGEVERIJ HOSTE · Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Gent · since 1914
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Veurne · since 1987
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Wevelgem · since 1991
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Scheduled passenger transport by road · Brussel · since 1992
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Abbreviation of HALLIBURTON OILFIELD SERVICES (NORWAY) INC · Dallas Texas · since 1992
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Abbreviation of Hulp Oostburg Shaba · Brugge · since 1995
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Activities of holding companies · Mont-Saint-Guibert · since 1995
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Development of residential building projects · Antwerpen · since 2000
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Gistel · since 2014
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Retail sale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, excluding motor fuels · since 2014
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Pelt · since 2016
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General construction of residential buildings · Beersel · since 2017
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Full-service restaurants · Mortsel · since 2018
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Nutrition and dietetics services · Edegem · since 2019
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Vermogensbeheer · Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 2013
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Activities of lawyers · Vorst · since 2021
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Video and film production, excluding cinema and television films · since 2021
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Name of an establishment of BAKKERIJ DEAN HOSTE · Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Wetteren · since 2023
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Full-service restaurants · Maldegem · since 2003
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General electrical installation work · Beernem · since 2023
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Specialist medical practice · Etterbeek · since 2025
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Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · Aalter · since 2026
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Waterloo · since 2026
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Business and other management consultancy · since 1989
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Nijlen · since 2019
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Site preparation · since 2012
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Abbreviation of Hoboken Onderneemt! · Antwerpen · since 2025
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General construction of residential buildings · Silly · since 2012
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Wingene · since 1984
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General construction of residential buildings · Tournai · since 2002