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.
“HaRu”
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
4 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Abbreviation of HARU - DEPOORTER RUDY · Painting of buildings · Koekelare · since 1994
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Full-service restaurants · Kortrijk · since 2017
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Retail sale of wines and spirits · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2021
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2024
Names that resemble it 52 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Evere · since 2002
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Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · Wevelgem · since 2016
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1979
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Business and other management consultancy · Puurs-Sint-Amands · since 2022
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Nutrition and dietetics services · Nivelles · since 2008
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Vermogensbeheer · Antwerpen · since 2024
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Brugge · since 2024
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Computer programming · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2014
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · Aalst · since 2015
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Herentals · since 2023
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Vervaardiging van roomijs en ander consumptie-ijs · Ranst · since 1980
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Ukkel · since 1983
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Abbreviation of HASSELTSE ADVIESMAATSCHAPPIJ VOOR DE REALISATIE VAN PROJECTEN · Combined facilities support activities · Hasselt · since 1991
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Name of an establishment of NEW HARO · Wholesale of other household goods · Zele · since 1993
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Antwerpen · since 1994
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Oud-Turnhout · since 1996
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Development of residential building projects · Antwerpen · since 1998
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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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Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · Gent · since 2016
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Balen · since 2017
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Abbreviation of Een hart voor mensen · Bertem · since 2018
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Physiotherapy · Gent · since 2018
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Activities of holding companies · Kortrijk · since 2018
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Activities of holding companies · Essen · since 2018
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Business and other management consultancy · Herselt · since 2019
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Abbreviation of Harppunt · Stekene · since 2019
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Joinery installation · since 2020
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Literary creation · since 2020
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Vermogensbeheer · Zulte · since 2020
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Other publishing activities, excluding software publishing · Hasselt · since 2021
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Computer programming · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 2023
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Abbreviation of HARMONY ART · Anderlecht · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Gillis-Waas · 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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Productie van televisiefilms · Hasselt · since 2011
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Full-service restaurants · Turnhout · since 2011
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2012
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Maaseik · since 2004
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Antwerpen · since 2007
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Other education · since 2023
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Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2024
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Maldegem · since 2024
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Schilde · since 2024
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Herentals · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of SOWA TRADING · Wholesale of other food products · Brussel · since 1995
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2021
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Detailhandel in kledingstoffen · Gent · since 2006
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Computer programming · since 2026
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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
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Name of an establishment of SPORT ATTITUDE · Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · since 2008