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.
“Homeshopper”
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
3 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Advertising agencies · Hoogstraten · since 1991
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Insurance agents and brokers · since 2021
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Temse · since 2009
Names that resemble it 23 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Cafés and bars · Antwerpen · since 1991
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Kruisem · since 2000
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ALBI · since 2023
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 2009
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Abbreviation of Haachtse Opbouw Maatschappij en Studies N.V. · Etterbeek · since 1972
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Real estate agency activities · Brussel · since 2012
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Real estate agency activities · Halen · since 2005
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Name of an establishment of SCHILDERWERKEN HOPPE · Painting of buildings · Kaprijke · since 2026
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Merksplas · since 1993
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Zemst · since 1996
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Other specialised construction activities · Zoersel · since 2000
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Verhuur en exploitatie van terreinen · Laarne · since 2000
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Gent · since 2002
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Name of an establishment · Activities of holding companies · Mouscron · since 2014
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Agents in the wholesale of furniture, household goods and hardware · since 2017
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Name of an establishment · Vermogensbeheer · Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 2020
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Name of an establishment · Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Antwerpen · since 2011
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Name of an establishment · General construction of residential buildings · Geel · since 2025
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Retail sale of other household articles · since 2025
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Hove · since 1968
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Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 1991
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Genk · since 1992
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Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2000