Skip to content

Name check

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.

“Harbas”

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

8 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • Harbas same name
    Vorst · since 1983
  • HARAS very similar
    Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Zwevegem · since 2024
  • BARBA'S very similar
    Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Harelbeke · since 1997
  • HARRAS very similar
    Abbreviation of HARRAS NETWORK · Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · Antwerpen · since 1999
  • HARJAS very similar
    Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Mechelen · since 2014
  • MARBAS very similar
    Public relations and communication consultancy · Damme · since 2016
  • Growing of vegetables, melons, roots and tubers · since 2018
  • Hanbas very similar
    Physiotherapy · Deinze · since 2024
Names that resemble it 7 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • Specialist medical practice · since 1999
  • HARB similar
    Physiotherapy · Gent · since 2018
  • Other education · since 2023
  • Harbo similar
    Development of residential building projects · Harelbeke · since 1977
  • HARBI similar
    Construction of utility projects for electricity and telecommunications · Puurs-Sint-Amands · since 2017
  • Harbel similar
    Wemmel · since 1979
  • HARBOR similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Brussel · since 2019

Next steps