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.
“SS Hope”
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
28 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Sint-Niklaas · since 2020
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2020
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Joinery installation · Schoten · since 2020
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Abbreviation of Hospital Organisation of Pedagogues in Europe · Leuven · since 1993
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Abbreviation of European Hospital and Healthcare Federation · Activities of business and employers' organisations · Brussel · since 1996
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Abbreviation of Hemato Onco Pluridisciplinary Entraid · Anderlecht · since 1996
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Detailhandel in baby- en kinderbovenkleding · Maasmechelen · since 2002
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Pet care services, excluding veterinary services · since 2014
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Nursing and midwifery · since 2014
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Serviceflats voor ouderen · Erpe-Mere · since 2014
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Abbreviation of Asbl MOVE ON · Liège · since 2014
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Abbreviation of HOMELESS PEOPLE · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 2014
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Vervaardiging van overige kleding en toebehoren, n.e.g. · since 2016
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Abbreviation of Team Hope · Sint-Truiden · since 2016
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Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 2017
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Abbreviation of Hope pour Eux · Evere · since 2018
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2019
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General construction of residential buildings · Leopoldsburg · since 2021
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Zaventem · since 2021
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Vermogensbeheer · Antwerpen · since 2020
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Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · Wellen · since 2022
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Abbreviation of HOPE AND CHANGE · Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Brussel · since 2023
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Abbreviation of Hope for Palestinian Students · Rixensart · since 2006
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Abbreviation of PROJET HOPE EUROPE · Brussel · since 2008
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Abbreviation of HOPE TOGETHER ASBL · Brussel · since 2023
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Abbreviation of HOPE action jeunesse · Youth work associations · Saint-Ghislain · since 2024
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Abbreviation of HOPE voor dieren · Pet boarding · Tielt-Winge · since 2025
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Full-service restaurants · Charleroi · since 2026
Names that resemble it 8 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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's-Hertogenbosch · since 2005
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Name of an establishment of NEVER CLOSED OOSTKAMP · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Oostkamp · since 1997
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Finishing of textiles · since 2019
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 2021
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 2008
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Book publishing · since 2007
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Brussel · since 1990
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Name of an establishment of MS BUSINESS · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 2020