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.
“ANIMUS”
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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Event catering · Antwerpen · since 1994
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Other retail sale of new goods · Oostende · since 1998
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Heers · since 2004
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Visual arts creation · since 2015
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Photography, excluding press photography · Hasselt · since 2022
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Name of an establishment of ANIMUS COMPANY · Site preparation · Wavre · since 2022
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Uitgeven van computerspellen · since 2025
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General electrical installation work · Walcourt · since 2000
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Lennik · since 2008
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Name of an establishment · Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Pajottegem · since 2005
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Mouscron · since 2026
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Name of an establishment · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Braine-le-Comte · since 2005
Names that resemble it 50 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Sports and recreation education · since 2025
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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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Hasselt · since 1988
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Abbreviation of ANIMA PLUS · Market research and public opinion polling · Gent · since 1989
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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 ARRIBA · Production of cinema films · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · 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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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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Genk · since 2000
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Photography, excluding press photography · Herentals · since 2001
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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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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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Activities of lawyers · Leuven · since 2021
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Fitness centres · since 2021
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Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2022
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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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Full-service restaurants · Tielt · since 2024
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Activities of other sports clubs · since 2025
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Other financial services · Retie · since 2025
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Name of an establishment of OPCO Vlaanderen · Veterinary services · Nazareth-De Pinte · since 2019
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Herselt · since 2011
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Name of an establishment · Exploitatie van schouwburgen, concertzalen en dergelijke · Schaarbeek · since 1978
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Wezembeek-Oppem · since 1983
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Bornem · since 1984
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Ukkel · since 1990
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Real estate agency activities · Lokeren · since 1999
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Business and other management consultancy · Oudergem · since 2000
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Abbreviation of ANIMMO PROJECT MANAGEMENT & CONSULTING · Development of residential building projects · Kampenhout · since 2000
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Veterinary services · Courcelles · since 2015
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1981
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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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General electrical installation work · Schilde · since 2012
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Other amusement and recreation activities · since 2004
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Name of an establishment · Other building finishing work · Maasmechelen · since 2006
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Wortegem-Petegem · since 1981
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Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 1986
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Antwerpen · since 1989
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Koekelberg · since 2008