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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.

“HARDEF”

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

5 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • HARDEF same name
    Urban planning and landscape architecture · Dinant · since 2019
  • HARDES very similar
    Activities of holding companies · Lokeren · since 2016
  • HARDEN very similar
    Antwerpen · since 2007
  • ARDEF very similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Ukkel · since 2022
  • BARDEF very similar
    Leuven · since 1988
Names that resemble it 23 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • HARDECO similar
    Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Gavere · since 1988
  • HARD ELEC similar
    General electrical installation work · Manhay · since 2001
  • Hardeman² similar
    Activities of holding companies · Sint-Truiden · since 2013
  • HARDEMAN similar
    Growing of flowers · Heuvelland · since 2019
  • HARD&CO similar
    Agents in the wholesale of furniture, household goods and hardware · Waremme · since 2019
  • HARDEWYN similar
    Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Zemst · since 2008
  • General electrical installation work · since 2024
  • HARDY similar
    Support activities for crop production · Soignies · since 1997
  • Hardo similar
    Construction of roads and motorways · Lokeren · since 1997
  • Hardy similar
    Abbreviation of Vereniging van Medeëigenaars van de @Residentie Hardy@ te Riemst-Vroenhoven, Maastrichtersteenweg. · Riemst · since 1997
  • Hardt similar
    Physiotherapy · Lubbeek · since 2017
  • HARDO similar
    Vermogensbeheer · Waasmunster · since 2019
  • General electrical installation work · since 2022
  • HARDY similar
    Activities of holding companies · Assenede · since 2010
  • HARDI similar
    General construction of residential buildings · Asse · since 2023
  • HARDEMAN J. similar
    Landscape service activities · Poperinge · since 1993
  • HARD EIGHT similar
    Public relations and communication consultancy · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2016
  • Manufacture of ceramic household and ornamental articles · since 2023
  • HARDEL&C° similar
    Vervaardiging van consumentenelektronica · Silly · since 2003
  • Business and other management consultancy · since 2019
  • Harduz similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Ranst · since 2020
  • HARDOA similar
    Halle · since 2026
  • HARD CM similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Support activities for animal production · since 2016

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