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.
“ANKER”
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
23 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Vrachtbehandeling in zeehavens · Antwerpen · since 1984
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Subsidised independent mainstream primary education · Westerlo · since 1989
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Other social work without accommodation · Destelbergen · since 2001
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Full-service restaurants · since 1970
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · since 2025
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Renting and leasing of other personal and household goods · Gent · since 2024
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Activities of holding companies · Jabbeke · since 2023
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Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 1987
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Wholesale of other food products · Anderlecht · since 1996
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Cafés and bars · Koksijde · since 2021
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Nursing and midwifery · Antwerpen · since 2021
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Activities of head offices · Wevelgem · since 2024
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Name of an establishment of M&a Fisch · Detailhandel in vis en schaal- en weekdieren · Nieuwpoort · since 2026
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Support activities for crop production · Oostkamp · since 2018
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Physiotherapy · Sint-Niklaas · since 2021
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Goederenvervoer over zee- en kustwateren · Overijse · since 2022
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Bierbeek · since 2011
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Video and film production, excluding cinema and television films · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2008
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Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2024
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Rotterdam · since 1979
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Abbreviation of ANKER - AKKUMULATOREN · Gelnhausen · since 1984
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Groothandel in vis en schaal- en weekdieren · Roeselare · since 1998
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Full-service restaurants · since 2024
Names that resemble it 23 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Pluimveehouderijen, muv kippenkwekerijen · Nijlen · since 1996
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Full-service restaurants · Moerbeke (Waas) · since 2021
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2023
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Manufacture of jewellery · since 2012
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Retail sale of other household articles · Lommel · since 2020
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Real estate agency activities · Antwerpen · since 2005
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Aartselaar · since 1992
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Name of an establishment of ESWO · Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Tienen · since 2001
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Subsidised independent mainstream primary education · Antwerpen · since 2013
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Activiteiten op het gebied van logopedie · since 2015
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Full-service restaurants · since 1982
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Psychology services · Liedekerke · since 2022
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Destelbergen · since 2010
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Gent · since 2026
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Vermogensbeheer · Kapellen · since 2015
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Vervaardiging van vuurvaste producten · since 2022
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Brasschaat · since 2022
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Psychology services · Aarschot · since 2023
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2023
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Development of residential building projects · Antwerpen · since 2020
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Retail sale of pharmaceutical products · since 2021
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Groothandel in meet-, controle- en navigatieinstrumenten · Antwerpen · since 1991
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since 2018