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.
“ANNAPOLIS”
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
1 registered enterprise with a name easily confused with yours.
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2002
Names that resemble it 20 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Business and other management consultancy · La Hulpe · since 2018
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Retail sale of footwear · Aalst · since 2026
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Manufacture of jewellery · since 1989
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Damme · since 2016
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Computer programming · Mons · since 2020
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Gembloux · since 1989
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Abbreviation of Association of National Numbering Agencies · Activities of holding companies · Brussel · since 1992
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Overige accommodatie · Wetteren · since 2000
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Name of an establishment of Living Geel · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Geel · since 2015
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Vervaardiging van gedistilleerde dranken door distilleren, rectificeren en mengen · since 2018
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Vermogensbeheer · Lanaken · since 2018
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Other business support services · since 2020
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Other education · since 2022
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since 1998
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · since 2005
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2024
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Day spas, saunas and steam baths · since 2026
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Other membership organisations · Elsene · since 1997
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Name of an establishment · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Ath · since 2023
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Mont-Saint-Guibert · since 1999