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.
“Hovanis”
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
5 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Activities of holding companies · Kortrijk · since 2025
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Real estate agency activities · Tienen · since 1987
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Vervaardiging van batterijen en accumulatoren · Heusden-Zolder · since 2016
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General construction of residential buildings · Wevelgem · since 2024
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General medical practice · Staden · since 2025
Names that resemble it 18 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Herselt · since 1983
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Retail sale of automotive fuel · Torhout · since 1990
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Construction of roads and motorways · since 2014
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Wholesale of fruit and vegetables, excluding potatoes · Mons · since 1970
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General construction of residential buildings · Herk-de-Stad · since 1994
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Vervaardiging van gegolfd papier, golfkarton en verpakkingsmateriaal van papier en karton · Mouscron · since 2018
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Landscape service activities · Hasselt · since 2011
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Freight transport by road · Quiévrain · since 2013
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Pig breeding farms · Kluisbergen · since 2021
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Full-service restaurants · since 2023
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Chapelle-lez-Herlaimont · since 2010
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Mixed farming · Heuvelland · since 2010
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Roofing work · Schaarbeek · since 1984
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Gent · since 1992
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2005
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Charleroi · since 1968
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Groothandel in sanitair · Antwerpen · since 1986
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Diest · since 1995