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.
“Hoste, Stephan”
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
17 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Other retail sale of new goods · since 2011
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Households as employers of domestic personnel · since 2019
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Mixed farming · since 2010
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Nursing and midwifery · since 2026
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since 1982
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Boomkwekerijen, muv bosboomkwekerijen · since 1996
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Landscape service activities · Zedelgem · since 2009
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Name of an establishment of BORSALINO KNOKKE · Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Knokke-Heist · since 1995
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Abbreviation of DRUKKERIJ EN UITGEVERIJ HOSTE · Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Gent · since 1914
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Veurne · since 1987
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Wevelgem · since 1991
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General construction of residential buildings · Beersel · since 2017
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Name of an establishment of BAKKERIJ DEAN HOSTE · Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Wetteren · since 2023
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Full-service restaurants · Maldegem · since 2003
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General electrical installation work · Beernem · since 2023
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Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · Aalter · since 2026
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Wingene · since 1984
Names that resemble it 22 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Design of textile patterns, clothing, jewellery, furniture and decorative items · since 2023
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since 2020
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since 2024
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Tattoo and piercing services · since 2025
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · since 2026
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Plumbing work · since 2026
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Holiday cottages, homes and apartments · since 2022
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since 1993
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Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2004
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Pre-press and pre-media services · since 2007
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Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · since 2006
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since 2002
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Other maintenance and repair of motor vehicles · since 2008
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Other education · since 2012
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Landscape service activities · since 2003
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Activities of other sports clubs · since 2008
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since 2019
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2024
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since 1998
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Equestrian clubs · since 2016
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 1999
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Other business support services · since 2024