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.
“ANIMARE”
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
12 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Photography, excluding press photography · Lede · since 2018
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Exploitatie van schouwburgen, concertzalen en dergelijke · Schaarbeek · since 1978
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Activities of lawyers · Wemmel · since 2003
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1981
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since 1986
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Veterinary services · since 2005
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Other manufacturing not elsewhere classified · Gouvy · since 1986
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Visual arts creation · Waterloo · since 1989
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Huy · since 2006
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Literary creation · Wavre · since 2015
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Pet boarding · since 2018
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Pre-press and pre-media services · Waregem · since 2024
Names that resemble it 50 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Veterinary services · Kortenberg · since 2000
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Office administrative and support services · since 2025
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Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · Kraainem · 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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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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Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2022
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Other financial services · Retie · since 2025
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Retail sale of pets, pet food and pet supplies · Rochefort · since 2016
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Other membership organisations · Seraing · since 2017
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Merelbeke-Melle · since 2013
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Retail sale of lighting equipment · since 1980
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Vervaardiging van geneesmiddelen · Gent · since 2020
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Veterinary services · Kortrijk · since 2020
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Ittre · since 1993
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Overijse · since 1994
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Name of an establishment of PASSAGE A L'ACTE · Advertising agencies · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1999
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Retail sale of cosmetics and toilet articles · Sint-Niklaas · since 1999
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Retail sale of games and toys · Etterbeek · since 2001
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Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · Elsene · since 2013
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Veterinary services · since 1992
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Retail sale of pets, pet food and pet supplies · since 2011
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Retail sale of pets, pet food and pet supplies · since 1991
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Veterinary services · Ath · since 2021
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Bredene · since 2011
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Retail sale of other cultural and recreation goods · Gent · since 2006
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Veterinary services · Halle · since 2007
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Other photographic activities · since 2018
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Retail sale of pets, pet food and pet supplies · Braine-l'Alleud · since 2009
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Name of an establishment · Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Schaarbeek · since 1986
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Linter · since 1985
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Ciney · since 2000
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Name of an establishment · 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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Retail sale of other household articles · since 2019
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Detailhandel in overig textiel · Turnhout · since 2021
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Veterinary services · Verviers · since 2023
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Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · Les Bons Villers · since 2009
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Business and other management consultancy · Vilvoorde · since 2004
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Veterinary services · Lanaken · since 2023
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Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 1986
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Brussel · since 1988
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Charleroi · since 1999
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2014