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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.

“ANCHORLAB”

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

1 registered enterprise with a name easily confused with yours.

  • ANCHORLAB same name
    Freight transport by road · Antwerpen · since 2006
Names that resemble it 15 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • ANCHOR similar
    Activities of holding companies · Vorselaar · since 2016
  • Other personal services · since 2025
  • Intermediation services for non-specialised retail · since 2026
  • Anchora similar
    Certified accountants and tax accountants · Zandhoven · since 2024
  • Ancho similar
    Name of an establishment of VIDEL SRL · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Rixensart · since 2015
  • Ancho similar
    Name of an establishment of ANCHO JOURDAN · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2017
  • Ancho similar
    Name of an establishment of TCPC · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2019
  • Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Edegem · since 2022
  • ANCHORAGE similar
    Brussel · since 1998
  • Tattoo and piercing services · since 2012
  • Anchor 119 similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Brussel · since 2018
  • Sound recording · since 2023
  • Anchorage similar
    Activities of holding companies · Gent · since 2009
  • ANCHORAGE similar
    Market research and public opinion polling · Antwerpen · since 2011
  • ANCH similar
    Other non-specialised retail sale · Stabroek · since 2016

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