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.
“HARPO”
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
7 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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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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Sawmilling and planing of wood · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2002
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Activities of holding companies · Gouvy · since 2017
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Leuven · since 1996
Names that resemble it 23 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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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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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Schilde · since 2024
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Activities of head offices · Schilde · since 2010
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Schaarbeek · since 1988
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Activities of holding companies · Roeselare · since 1992
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Retail sale of hardware, building materials, paint and glass (general range) · Antwerpen · since 1999
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2019
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Farciennes · since 2019
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Retail sale of souvenirs and religious articles · Waremme · since 2021
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Other information technology and computer services · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 2022
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1979
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Nutrition and dietetics services · Nivelles · since 2008
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Vermogensbeheer · Antwerpen · since 2024
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Waregem · since 1986
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Name of an establishment of MSL · Cafés and bars · Brussel · since 2012
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Name of an establishment of LA PTITE FUGUE 2.0 · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Charleroi · 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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Name of an establishment · Wholesale of electrical equipment, including installation materials · Lokeren · since 2012