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.
“ANIMALEX”
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
6 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Activities of lawyers · Bertem · since 2019
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Literary creation · Wavre · since 2015
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Retail sale of other sporting goods · since 2002
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Veterinary services · Kortrijk · since 2020
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Detailhandel in overig textiel · Turnhout · since 2021
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Veterinary services · Lanaken · since 2023
Names that resemble it 54 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Retail sale of games and toys · Etterbeek · since 2001
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Veterinary services · since 1992
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Veterinary services · Halle · since 2007
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Retail sale of souvenirs and religious articles · Veurne · since 2020
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Other education · since 2022
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Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · Kraainem · since 1985
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Linter · since 1985
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Turnhout · since 1985
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Abbreviation of ANIMA PLUS · Market research and public opinion polling · Gent · since 1989
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Name of an establishment of Anima Research · Other professional, scientific and technical activities · Alken · since 1994
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 1994
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Activities of holding companies · Mechelen · since 2000
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Photography, excluding press photography · Herentals · since 2001
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Veterinary services · Sint-Katelijne-Waver · since 2013
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Retail sale of pets, pet food and pet supplies · Herselt · since 2014
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Raising of sheep and goats · since 1996
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Mechelen · since 2018
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Name of an establishment of JK Training & Consulting · Psychology services · Londerzeel · since 2019
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Name of an establishment of OPCO Vlaanderen · Veterinary services · Nazareth-De Pinte · since 2019
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Veterinary services · Nivelles · since 2020
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Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2022
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Other financial services · Retie · since 2025
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Pet care services, excluding veterinary services · Knokke-Heist · since 2011
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Veterinary services · Aalter · since 2014
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Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2019
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Pet care services, excluding veterinary services · since 2022
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Retail sale of pets, pet food and pet supplies · Awans · since 2005
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Name of an establishment of STAR A PATTES · Retail sale of pets, pet food and pet supplies · Oudergem · since 2007
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Veterinary services · Brecht · since 2024
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Retail sale of household furniture · since 2025
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Pet care services, excluding veterinary services · since 2025
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Nursing and midwifery · since 2026
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Pet care services, excluding veterinary services · since 2026
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Groothandel in suiker, chocolade en suikerwerk · Schilde · since 1970
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Exploitatie van schouwburgen, concertzalen en dergelijke · Schaarbeek · since 1978
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Gent · since 1987
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Activities of lawyers · Wemmel · since 2003
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Zonhoven · since 2013
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Merelbeke-Melle · since 2013
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1981
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Vervaardiging van geneesmiddelen · Gent · since 2020
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Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · since 1993
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Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · Leuze-en-Hainaut · since 2010
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since 1986
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Retail sale of pets, pet food and pet supplies · Havelange · since 2021
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Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · Herzele · since 2025
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Wholesale of live animals · Saint-Ghislain · since 1996
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Maldegem · since 1996
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Tourist information services · Bastogne · since 1997
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Name of an establishment · Advertising agencies · Kruisem · since 2021
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Retail sale of other sporting goods · since 1985
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Name of an establishment · Retail sale of pets, pet food and pet supplies · Beauraing · since 2006
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Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 1986
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Antwerpen · since 1989