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Compared with the KBO register · free

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.

“HopTim”

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

7 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • HopTim same name
    Cafés and bars · Bree · since 2024
  • HOPTIMUM very similar
    Other maintenance and repair of motor vehicles · La Louvière · since 2015
  • OPTIM very similar
    Public relations and communication consultancy · Liège · since 2019
  • OP-tim very similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 2005
  • HOTIM very similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Kortrijk · since 2026
  • E-Optim very similar
    Name of an establishment of Rasolar · General electrical installation work · Willebroek · since 2015
  • OPTIM very similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Abbreviation of ORGANISATION DE PROMOTION TOURISTIQUE ET IMMOBILIERE · Mixed farming · Chaumont-Gistoux · since 1980
Names that resemble it 6 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • HOPTIMIZE similar
    Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2017
  • Vocational training · since 2023
  • HOPTIMALT similar
    Retail sale of beverages, general range · Eghezée · since 2026
  • Hoption similar
    Manufacture of beer · Mouscron · since 2023
  • BH Optima similar
    Removal services · Elsene · since 2025
  • HOPTIMIST BY MIKE similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Full-service restaurants · Lasne · since 2023

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