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.
“ANIBO”
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
14 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Manufacture of other builders' carpentry and joinery · Tessenderlo-Ham · since 2016
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Abbreviation of VAN NIEUWENHUYSE BOUW · General construction of residential buildings · Gent · since 1996
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Retail sale of household furniture · Drogenbos · since 2016
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Vilvoorde · since 2016
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Full-service restaurants · Laakdal · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2009
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Vermogensbeheer · Geel · since 2025
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Abbreviation of Koninklijke Nationale Federatie Algemene Vinkeniersbond · Uitgeven van tijdschriften · Kuurne · since 1950
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Hasselt · since 1988
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Gent · since 1988
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Ganshoren · since 1993
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Retail sale of flowers, plants, seeds and fertilisers · Aalst · since 1994
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Activities of lawyers · Leuven · since 2021
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Other specialised construction activities · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2020
Names that resemble it 16 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of association des nigeriens de bruxelles · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2018
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Abbreviation of Australian Network in Belgium · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2018
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Coating of metals · Nijlen · since 1982
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General construction of residential buildings · Jette · since 2009
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Abbreviation of AMAREBE N'IMENA · Oudergem · since 1998
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Evere · since 2000
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Kalmthout · since 2021
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Abbreviation of Autour de Nos Images · Hannut · since 2011
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Abbreviation of L’Aquarium des Nageurs d’Ixelles · Elsene · since 2025
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Freight transport by road · Antwerpen · since 2025
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General construction of residential buildings · Dilsen-Stokkem · since 2020
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Abbreviation of NIEUWPOORTSE BOUWMAATSCHAPPIJ · Development of residential building projects · Nieuwpoort · since 1975
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Schaarbeek · since 2015
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2018
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2021
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Site preparation · since 2021