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.
“Horst”
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
12 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Name of an establishment of KORAAL · Integrale jeugdhulp met huisvesting · Antwerpen · since 1934
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Abbreviation of Horst Sport Club · Andere drinkgelegenheden · Lommel · since 1976
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Holsbeek · since 1982
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since 1996
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Hotels and similar accommodation · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 1982
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Lommel · since 1978
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Name of an establishment of Verband Deutschsprachiger Seniorenvereinigungen VoG · Other information service activities · Amel · since 1993
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Wholesale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Amel · since 2021
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Support activities for crop production · since 2023
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Full-service restaurants · Schoten · since 2011
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Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · Lier · since 2017
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since 1994
Names that resemble it 24 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of HOUSE OF RECRUITMENT SOLUTIONS · Media representation · Antwerpen · since 2019
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Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2014
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Simpelveld · since 1980
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Vermogensbeheer · Nieuwpoort · since 2016
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Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Martens-Latem · since 2011
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Cafés and bars · Binche · since 2006
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Abbreviation of Hulshout offroad racing · Other amusement and recreation activities · Hulshout · since 2021
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Manufacture of jewellery · since 2023
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Equestrian clubs · since 2016
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Uitgeven van kranten · Wavre · since 1986
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Spiere-Helkijn · since 1991
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Cafés and bars · Rotselaar · since 1998
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Lasne · since 2014
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Joinery installation · since 2021
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Cutting, shaping and finishing of stone · Beernem · since 2022
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Pet care services, excluding veterinary services · since 2022
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Computer programming · Ravels · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · Oudergem · since 2009
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Equestrian clubs · Ecaussinnes · since 2025
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Other personal services · since 2025
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Business and other management consultancy · Merksplas · since 2020
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Translation services · since 2012
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2022
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Public relations and communication consultancy · since 2011