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.
“HARTING”
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
5 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Wholesale of electrical equipment, including installation materials · Grimbergen · since 1980
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Business and other management consultancy · Schilde · since 1995
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Gent · since 2010
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Abbreviation of vzw een Hart in de Gemeenschap · Gent · since 1923
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Operation of sports facilities · Antwerpen · since 2022
Names that resemble it 26 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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since 1993
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Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Truiden · since 2006
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Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · Gent · since 2016
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Abbreviation of Een hart voor mensen · Bertem · since 2018
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Literary creation · since 2020
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Vermogensbeheer · Zulte · since 2020
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Abbreviation of HARMONY ART · Anderlecht · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 2008
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Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · Zedelgem · since 2010
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Full-service restaurants · Turnhout · since 2011
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Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2024
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Herentals · since 2026
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Other retail sale of new goods · since 1987
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Event catering · since 2022
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Other amusement and recreation activities · since 2007
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Retail sale of cosmetics and toilet articles · Houthalen-Helchteren · since 2026
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Full-service restaurants · Anderlecht · since 1987
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Psychology services · since 2018
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Business and other management consultancy · Zemst · since 2007
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Other amusement and recreation activities · since 2025
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Business and other management consultancy · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2019
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Brugge · since 1999
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Lease van intellectuele eigendom en vergelijkbare producten, met uitzondering van werken onder auteursrecht · since 2026
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since 1982
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Abbreviation of Handreiking aan Relaties door Training · Gent · since 1989
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Name of an establishment of GLEAN ART · Uitgeven van tijdschriften · Brussel · since 2005