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Compared with the KBO register · free

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.

“NICOLAS HVM”

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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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

15 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • NICOLAS HVM same name
    Activities of holding companies · Brussel · since 2023
  • NICOLAS H very similar
    Wholesale of other machinery and equipment · Baelen · since 2021
  • Nicolas HC (sole trader) very similar
    Computer programming · since 2021
  • NICOLAS very similar
    Name of an establishment of BELGIUM DRINKS · Retail sale of wines and spirits · Brussel · since 1991
  • NICOLAS very similar
    General electrical installation work · Bastogne · since 2000
  • NICOLAS very similar
    Wholesale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Langemark-Poelkapelle · since 2014
  • NICOLAS very similar
    Landscape service activities · Frasnes-lez-Anvaing · since 2014
  • NICOLAS (sole trader) very similar
    Mobile food service activities · since 2015
  • nicolas (sole trader) very similar
    Performing arts by independent artists · since 2016
  • N I C O L A S (sole trader) very similar
    General electrical installation work · since 2021
  • Nicolas very similar
    Name of an establishment of Komen - Geldof · Detailhandel in herenbovenkleding · Brugge · since 2009
  • NICOLAS very similar
    Retail sale of prescription glasses, lenses and sunglasses · Schilde · since 2004
  • NICOLAS (sole trader) very similar
    since 1984
  • Nicolas (sole trader) very similar
    Performing arts by independent artists · since 2026
  • Nicolas VDM very similar
    Activities of holding companies · Gent · since 2022
Names that resemble it 46 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.

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