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.
“Hortiplus”
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
2 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Urban planning and landscape architecture · Hamme (Vl.) · since 2022
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Growing of vegetables, melons, roots and tubers · Sint-Katelijne-Waver · since 2013
Names that resemble it 17 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Installation of industrial machinery and equipment · Sint-Katelijne-Waver · since 1977
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Lommel · since 2015
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Computer programming · Brugge · since 2001
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Urban planning and landscape architecture · since 2000
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Landscape service activities · Silly · since 2007
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Ziekenfondsen en zorgkassen · Aalst · since 1999
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Activiteiten van persfotografen · since 2014
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Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 2011
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Vervaardiging van metalen deuren en vensters · Londerzeel · since 2011
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Full-service restaurants · Zonhoven · since 1995
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Landscape service activities · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2019
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · since 2021
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Retail sale of antiques · since 2004
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Full-service restaurants · Turnhout · since 2025
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Name of an establishment of PLUS SERVICES · Business and other management consultancy · Roeselare · since 2015
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Wholesale of electrical household appliances and audio-video equipment · Aartselaar · since 2019
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Growing of vegetables, melons, roots and tubers · Merksplas · since 2007