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.
“ANFA”
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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Other business support services · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2018
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Liège · since 2019
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Abbreviation of Anfa Projects · Joinery installation · Malle · since 2020
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Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · since 2025
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Antwerpen · since 2005
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Schaarbeek · since 2005
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Ternat · since 2022
Names that resemble it 13 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of ASSOCIATION DES NEGOCIANTS DU FORUM EUROPEEN DE L'AMEUBLEMENT ET DE LA DECORATION · Brussel · since 1986
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General construction of residential buildings · Staden · since 2019
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Personenvervoer door de lucht · Zaventem · since 2018
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Retail sale of pharmaceutical products · Antwerpen · since 2010
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Activities of holding companies · Brugge · since 1992
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Aartselaar · since 2007
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Jette · since 2001
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Full-service restaurants · Thuin · since 2014
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Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · since 2017
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Hotels and similar accommodation · Sambreville · since 2010
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since 2021
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Abbreviation of AMELIA NOMAD FOOD · Event catering · since 2007
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Cafés and bars · Antwerpen · since 2023