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.
“ANKATECH”
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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Bricklaying and masonry work · Farciennes · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Wemmel · since 2025
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · since 1984
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General electrical installation work · since 2026
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General electrical installation work · Genk · since 2008
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Business and other management consultancy · Leuven · since 2026
Names that resemble it 44 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Plumbing work · since 2024
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Vervaardiging van tandwielen, lagers en andere drijfwerkelementen · Wijnegem · since 1989
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General electrical installation work · Gent · since 2018
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General electrical installation work · since 1997
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Abbreviation of Acoustic Technologies · Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Charleroi · since 2021
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2005
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Telecommunications resale and intermediation services · since 2024
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General electrical installation work · since 2023
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Abbreviation of ArTech Engineering · Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · Tournai · since 2024
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Business and other management consultancy · Hasselt · since 2024
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2026
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General electrical installation work · Erpe-Mere · since 2016
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2023
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Other maintenance and repair of motor vehicles · Aartselaar · since 2011
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Computer programming · since 2012
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General electrical installation work · Genk · since 2024
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Reparatie en onderhoud van huishoudapparaten en van werktuigen voor gebruik in huis en tuin · since 2014
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Repair and maintenance of other personal and household goods · Liège · since 2014
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Repair and maintenance of electrical equipment · Brussel · since 2015
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Other specialised construction activities · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2016
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General construction of residential buildings · Grimbergen · since 2019
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Installation of industrial machinery and equipment · Maasmechelen · since 2021
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · since 2021
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Other building finishing work · Antwerpen · since 2023
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Abbreviation of Deutsche Akademie der Technikwissenschaften e.V. · Other membership organisations · München · since 2011
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Bouw van water- en gasdistributienetten · since 2024
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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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Abbreviation of Anka vzw · Antwerpen · since 2024
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2026