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.
“HARPACA”
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
3 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Waregem · since 1986
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Groothandel in kantoor- en schoolbenodigdheden · Mons · since 1975
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Pre-press and pre-media services · since 1970
Names that resemble it 22 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Leuven · since 1996
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Farciennes · since 2019
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Name of an establishment of MAYAKU PHARMACEUTICAL DEVELOPMENT · Vervaardiging van farmaceutische grondstoffen · Gent · since 2020
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Non-conventional therapeutic services · since 2026
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Sint-Truiden · since 1968
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Abbreviation of HASSELTSE ADVIESMAATSCHAPPIJ VOOR DE REALISATIE VAN PROJECTEN · Combined facilities support activities · Hasselt · since 1991
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Oud-Turnhout · since 1996
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2003
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Balen · since 2017
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Abbreviation of Harppunt · Stekene · since 2019
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Advertising agencies · Pajottegem · since 2021
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Schilde · since 2024
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Mixed farming · Binche · since 2017
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Zwevegem · since 1987
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Poperinge · since 1992
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Performing arts by independent artists · Anthisnes · since 1994
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Antwerpen · since 1997
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2021
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Lierneux · since 2007
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Scherpenheuvel-Zichem · since 2001
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Sawmilling and planing of wood · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2002
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Abbreviation of Platform van Afrikaanse Gemeenschappen · Antwerpen · since 1999