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Compared with the KBO register · free

Type the name you want to use. You see at once whether an active company already has the same or a similar name, and whether it works in your sector.

“MHOF”

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.

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Same or very similar names

2 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • MHOF same name
    Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Herk-de-Stad · since 2022
  • M-HOF same name
    Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Burg-Reuland · since 2009
Names that resemble it 7 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • MHO similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2014
  • MHOS similar
    Joinery installation · Halle · since 2024
  • Merkemhof similar
    Oostrozebeke · since 1983
  • ELMHOF similar
    Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Brecht · since 2009
  • MH Officium similar
    Office administrative and support services · Antwerpen · since 2026
  • BLOMHOF similar
    Name of an establishment · Wholesale of other household goods · Brussel · since 1968
  • PALMHOF similar
    Londerzeel · since 1984

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. A name can be free in the register and still be protected as a trademark. Trademarks are searched in the 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.

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