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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.

“HARDEN”

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

15 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • HARDEN same name
    Antwerpen · since 2007
  • HARDES very similar
    Activities of holding companies · Lokeren · since 2016
  • HARDEF very similar
    Urban planning and landscape architecture · Dinant · since 2019
  • PHARDEN very similar
    Retail sale of pharmaceutical products · Bièvre · since 1993
  • H + Garden very similar
    Landscape service activities · Putte · since 2001
  • H Garden (sole trader) very similar
    Landscape service activities · since 2024
  • HAREN+ very similar
    Brussel · since 2019
  • Arden very similar
    Niet-gespecialiseerde groothandel in niet-diepgevroren voedingsmiddelen, dranken en genotmiddelen · Gent · since 2021
  • ARDEN very similar
    Abbreviation of Ardenne - Ruralite - Environnement - Nature · Vielsalm · since 2021
  • ArDen (sole trader) very similar
    General electrical installation work · since 2025
  • GARDEN very similar
    Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Antwerpen · since 1993
  • Harten very similar
    Wholesale of timber · Tervuren · since 1999
  • WARDEN very similar
    Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Sint-Genesius-Rode · since 2020
  • GARDEN very similar
    Agents in the wholesale of textiles, clothing, fur, footwear and leather goods · Antwerpen · since 2023
  • DARDEN very similar
    Etterbeek · since 2024
Names that resemble it 45 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.

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