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.
“HosteVanhee”
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
1 registered enterprise with a name easily confused with yours.
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Activities of interior architects · Gent · since 2016
Names that resemble it 19 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Retail sale of pets, pet food and pet supplies · since 2019
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Psychology services · since 2021
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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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Groothandel in levende dieren, muv levend vee · Langemark-Poelkapelle · since 1989
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Property management for co-owned buildings (syndics) · Sint-Pieters-Leeuw · since 1993
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Mixed farming · Nieuwpoort · since 2014
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Other financial services · Beernem · since 2006
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Business and other management consultancy · Pajottegem · since 1999
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Abbreviation of House of Sweets & Things · Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Antwerpen · since 2016
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Abbreviation of HOST CONSULTING · Business and other management consultancy · Leuven · since 2019
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Hotels and similar accommodation · Voeren · since 2025
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Wingene · since 1984