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.
“ANSEL”
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
10 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Business and other management consultancy · Destelbergen · since 2012
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Wholesale of construction materials, general range · Sint-Pieters-Leeuw · since 1985
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Anderlecht · since 1999
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Elsene · since 2017
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Tourist information services · since 2020
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Geel · since 2026
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Schaarbeek · since 1968
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Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1993
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Vermogensbeheer · Oud-Heverlee · since 2019
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Bricklaying and masonry work · since 2023
Names that resemble it 27 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Landscape service activities · Heuvelland · since 2000
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Activities of holding companies · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2013
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 2023
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Design of textile patterns, clothing, jewellery, furniture and decorative items · since 2008
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Kapelle-op-den-Bos · since 1988
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Business and other management consultancy · Aalst · since 2001
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Antwerpen · since 2023
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Etterbeek · since 2013
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Activities of holding companies · Schoten · since 2020
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Real estate agency activities · Gistel · since 2022
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Wholesale of motor vehicle parts and accessories · Stabroek · since 2005
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Schilde · since 2007
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Other research and development on natural sciences · Perwez · since 2008
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Abbreviation of Anvasport · Merelbeke-Melle · since 1988
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Abbreviation of AMITIES NORD = SUD · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 1998
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Name of an establishment of Altis Group SA · Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Ans · since 2000
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Abbreviation of ALICE NURSING SERVICES · Namur · since 2016
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Abbreviation of AERO NAUTICAL SERVICES · Keerbergen · since 2021
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Name of an establishment of CAISSE REGIONALE DE PAIEMENT D'ALLOCATIONS DE CHOMAGE FGT LIEGE HUY WAREMME · Overige instellingen van de sociale zekerheid · Liège · since 1995
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Abbreviation of A Nightlife Special VZW · Gent · since 2024
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General electrical installation work · Staden · since 1996
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Waterloo · since 2017
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Mixed farming · since 1988
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2022
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Machining of metals · Beringen · since 2024
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Wholesale of pharmaceutical and medical goods · since 2022
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Full-service restaurants · Houthalen-Helchteren · since 2023