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.
“ANM”
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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Abbreviation of Brillenmie · Other business support services · Lier · since 2017
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Floor and wall tiling · since 2010
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Hove · since 2019
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Abbreviation of Antverpia.Navigare.Mare. · Logistics services · Antwerpen · since 2020
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Abbreviation of ANM François · Other professional, scientific and technical activities · Couvin · since 2023
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Detailhandel in baby- en kinderbovenkleding · Court-Saint-Etienne · since 2003
Names that resemble it 27 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of TELIX INNOVATIONS · Vervaardiging van farmaceutische grondstoffen · Herstal · since 2015
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Office administrative and support services · since 1995
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Full-service restaurants · Lommel · since 2016
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Abbreviation of ANONYMOUSOS · Brussel · since 2018
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Advertising agencies · La Louvière · since 2021
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Activities of holding companies · Brugge · since 2022
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Activities of holding companies · Mechelen · since 2024
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Vermogensbeheer · Lommel · since 2016
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Vermogensbeheer · Zonnebeke · since 2016
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Knokke-Heist · since 2021
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Abbreviation of ANTWERP MODEL CLUB · Mortsel · since 2008
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Installation of industrial machinery and equipment · Berlaar · since 2010
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Anderlecht · since 2007
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Business and other management consultancy · Heusden-Zolder · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2025
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Antwerpen · since 1984
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Hasselt · since 1996
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2014
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Groothandel in kantoor- en schoolbenodigdheden · since 1979
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2001
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Vermogensbeheer · Waremme · since 2020
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Advertising agencies · since 2022
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Abbreviation of ALYNOA · Beauraing · since 2012
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Business and other management consultancy · Halle · since 2023
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Sports and recreation education · since 2024
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Office administrative and support services · since 2025
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Oostende · since 2026