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.
“Hotta”
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
13 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Retail sale of women's outerwear · Vorst · since 1982
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Wellen · since 1968
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Name of an establishment of A.T.D. · Handelsbemiddeling in de groothandel in landbouwgrondstoffen, levende dieren en textielgrondstoffen en halffabricaten · Ternat · since 1993
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Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 1997
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Landscape service activities · Diepenbeek · since 1999
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Development of residential building projects · Antwerpen · since 2000
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Oud-Turnhout · since 2015
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Other business support services · Frasnes-lez-Anvaing · since 2017
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2018
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Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 2013
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Zoersel · since 2004
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Name of an establishment of SANTOS INVEST · Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Nieuwpoort · since 2007
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Abbreviation of CHEMISCHE FABRIK THEODOR ROTTA GMBH & CO KG · Mannheim · since 1985
Names that resemble it 29 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of HUIZEN OM TE AARDEN · General construction of residential buildings · Gent · since 2004
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since 2024
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Abbreviation of Horeca Ondernemers Turnhout · Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · Turnhout · since 2019
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Abbreviation of House of Talent · since 2005
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Abbreviation of Hak Op De Tak · Landscape service activities · Lier · since 2026
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since 1984
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2021
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Pre-press and pre-media services · since 2011
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Agents in the wholesale of timber and building materials · Zoutleeuw · since 2002
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Activities of building architects · since 2013
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since 1999
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since 2005
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since 1980
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Performing arts by independent artists · Oostkamp · since 2002
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Office administrative and support services · Waregem · since 2026
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since 1992
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Activities of interior architects · since 2018
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Psychology services · since 2021
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Activities of interior architects · since 2020
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since 1995
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Real estate appraisal on a fee or contract basis · since 2023
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Specialist medical practice · since 1991
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Retail sale of souvenirs and religious articles · since 2010
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Office administrative and support services · since 2026
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since 2019
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since 1982
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Video and film production, excluding cinema and television films · since 2025
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Other manufacturing not elsewhere classified · since 1997