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.
“Horecom”
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
10 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Advertising agencies · Hasselt · since 2026
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Travel agency activities · Elsene · since 1983
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Other publishing activities, excluding software publishing · since 2017
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WILLEMSTAD · since 2018
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Groothandel in reinigingsmiddelen · Ganshoren · since 1990
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Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 1985
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Brussel · since 2020
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Abbreviation of HOTEL DEVELOPMENT COMPANY · Development of residential building projects · Gent · since 2004
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Wholesale of information and communication equipment · Schoten · since 2007
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Name of an establishment of MORE.COM ONLINE SERVICES BE · Bemiddelingsactiviteiten in verband met zakelijke dienstverlening, n.e.g. · Brussel · since 2024
Names that resemble it 39 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Ittre · since 1986
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Name of an establishment of Institut bruxellois francophone pour la Formation professionnelle (Franstalig Brussels Instituut voor Beroepsopleiding) · Vocational training · Ukkel · since 1994
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Abbreviation of Beroepsvereniging van Herbergiers, Hotel en Restauratiehouders van het Waasland · Sint-Niklaas · since 1941
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Aalst · since 1969
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Cafés and bars · since 2014
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Izegem · since 2013
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Name of an establishment of LIMBURG REGIONAL AIRPORT · Diensten in verband met de luchtvaart · Sint-Truiden · since 2008
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Name of an establishment of Pitta Marmaris · Full-service restaurants · Oostende · since 2023
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Mobile food service activities · since 2025
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Tournai · since 2025
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Lobbes · since 2020
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Vervaardiging van andere producten van rubber · Oosterzele · since 2002
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Reparatie en onderhoud van consumentenelektronica · Wingene · since 2021
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Insulation installation · since 1991
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Activities of holding companies · Brugge · since 2005
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Full-service restaurants · Oostende · since 1980
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Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 1984
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Wholesale of electrical household appliances and audio-video equipment · Nazareth-De Pinte · since 1991
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Wholesale of machine tools · Anderlecht · since 1991
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Full-service restaurants · Ath · since 1992
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Abbreviation of Beroepsorganisatie Horeca Knokke-Heist · Knokke-Heist · since 2017
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Other construction installation · Beernem · since 2018
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Cafés and bars · Hasselt · since 2022
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Laying of wooden floor and wall coverings · Bocholt · since 2004
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Cafés and bars · Hasselt · since 2006
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Brussel · since 2006
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Abbreviation of RECYCLAGE EN COMPOSTERING · Materials recovery from waste · Tienen · since 2000
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Hotels and similar accommodation · Onhaye · since 2002
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Sèvres · since 2013
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Other business support services · Zemst · since 2008
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Activities of head offices · Antwerpen · since 2011
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Joinery installation · Kaprijke · since 2012
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Retail sale of other cultural and recreation goods · Oosterzele · since 2008
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Mechelen · since 2024
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Other business support services · Hoogstraten · since 2024
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Joinery installation · Arlon · since 2026
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Insulation installation · since 1991
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Antwerpen · since 1992
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Liège · since 1997