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.
“ANKA”
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
21 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Groothandel in overige bouwmaterialen · Sint-Niklaas · since 1987
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Tremelo · since 1989
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Wholesale of electrical equipment, including installation materials · Wommelgem · since 1992
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Knokke-Heist · since 1993
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Hasselt · since 1993
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Name of an establishment of ANKA INTERIEUR · Joinery installation · Destelbergen · since 1995
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Full-service restaurants · Gent · since 2002
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Peer · since 2012
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Freight transport by road · Gent · since 2013
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Other building finishing work · since 1993
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Name of an establishment of MHD · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Diest · since 2015
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 2015
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2008
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Psychology services · since 2022
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Psychology services · since 2023
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Oosterzele · since 2009
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Antwerpen · since 2024
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2026
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Vervoer via pijpleidingen · Visé · since 2024
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Full-service restaurants · Hamme (Vl.) · since 2025
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Non-scheduled passenger transport by road · Antwerpen · since 2026
Names that resemble it 38 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Business and other management consultancy · Schilde · since 1988
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Genk · since 2021
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2005
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Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2025
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Antwerpen · since 1984
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Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · Lokeren · since 2014
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Risk and damage evaluation · Kontich · since 2013
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Name of an establishment of TOSUNCO · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Gent · since 2016
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Abbreviation of Alanka vzw · Zele · since 2017
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · Antwerpen · since 2023
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Other maintenance and repair of motor vehicles · Aartselaar · since 2011
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · since 2026
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Tessenderlo-Ham · since 2014
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Thuin · since 2014
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Manufacture of outerwear · Brugge · since 2018
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Zwevegem · since 2022
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Full-service restaurants · Kontich · since 2024
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Retail sale of household furniture · Antwerpen · since 1981
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Beerse · since 1990
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Lille · since 1992
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Name of an establishment · Pluimveehouderijen, muv kippenkwekerijen · Nijlen · since 1996
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Non-specialised wholesale trade · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 1999
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2001
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Materials recovery from waste · since 1988
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Puurs-Sint-Amands · since 2017
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Joinery installation · Houthulst · since 2017
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Vermogensbeheer · Gent · since 2016
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Vermogensbeheer · Vosselaar · since 2011
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Maaseik · since 2013
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · Roeselare · since 2020
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Full-service restaurants · Moerbeke (Waas) · since 2021
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Activities of holding companies · Mol · since 2011
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since 2012
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Name of an establishment · Activities of holding companies · Lommel · since 2007
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2008
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Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2025
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Name of an establishment of LES FRERES FK · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Seraing · since 2016
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since 2018