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.
“ANIMOSA”
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
3 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Wholesale of live animals · Lede · since 2007
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Psychology services · Philippeville · since 2014
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Business and other management consultancy · Etterbeek · since 2009
Names that resemble it 52 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Hasselt · since 1988
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Knokke-Heist · since 1989
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Name of an establishment of ANIMO BELGIUM · Wholesale of electrical equipment, including installation materials · Brecht · since 1991
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Business and other management consultancy · Oostende · since 1991
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Real estate agency activities · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 1991
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Ganshoren · since 1993
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Genk · since 2000
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Name of an establishment of ENTRÉPICURIENS · Travel agency activities · Neupré · since 2016
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Abbreviation of Animatiefabriek · Duffel · since 2017
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Activities of lawyers · Leuven · since 2021
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Fitness centres · since 2021
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Physiotherapy · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2023
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Activities of holding companies · Roeselare · since 2004
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2024
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Full-service restaurants · Tielt · since 2024
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Activities of other sports clubs · since 2025
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Name of an establishment of RM Concept · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Ecaussinnes · since 2003
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Veterinary services · Oud-Heverlee · since 2021
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Other manufacturing not elsewhere classified · since 1997
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Media representation · Sint-Truiden · since 2022
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Raising of other animals · Grez-Doiceau · since 2015
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Web portal activities · since 2019
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Retail sale of pets, pet food and pet supplies · Liège · since 2023
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2017
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Veterinary services · Braine-l'Alleud · since 2021
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Retail sale of other household articles · since 1996
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Pet care services, excluding veterinary 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 ARRIBA · Production of cinema films · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · 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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Abbreviation of AMO - Secteur d'Ath (Action en Milieuouvert pour le Secteur d'Ath) · Integrale jeugdhulp zonder huisvesting · Ath · since 1995
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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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Hotels and similar accommodation · Riemst · since 2014
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Pet care services, excluding veterinary services · since 2015
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Retail sale of women's outerwear · since 2026
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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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Ans · since 2019
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Name of an establishment of Grit Studios · Operation of sports facilities · Elsene · since 2019
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Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2022
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Sports and recreation education · since 2023
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Other financial services · Retie · since 2025
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Non-conventional therapeutic services · since 2026
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Wortegem-Petegem · since 1981
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Groothandel in levende dieren, muv levend vee · Frasnes-lez-Anvaing · since 2018
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Name of an establishment of ZENOBE HOME ENTERTAINMENT · Raising of sheep and goats · Brugge · since 1987
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Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 1986