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.
“ANSIMA”
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
26 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Computer programming · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2015
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Eghezée · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · Etterbeek · since 2026
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Activities of lawyers · Bonheiden · since 2016
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Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · Kraainem · since 1985
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Turnhout · since 1985
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Abbreviation of ANIMA PLUS · Market research and public opinion polling · Gent · since 1989
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Name of an establishment of Anima Research · Other professional, scientific and technical activities · Alken · since 1994
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 1994
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Activities of holding companies · Mechelen · since 2000
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Photography, excluding press photography · Herentals · since 2001
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Mechelen · since 2018
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Name of an establishment of JK Training & Consulting · Psychology services · Londerzeel · since 2019
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Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2022
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Other financial services · Retie · since 2025
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Activities of holding companies · Antwerpen · since 1984
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Brugge · since 2014
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Gent · since 2017
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Koekelare · since 2018
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Vermogensbeheer · Knokke-Heist · since 2018
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Activities of holding companies · Erquelinnes · since 2021
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Other professional, scientific and technical activities · Torhout · since 2022
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Wholesale of industrial chemicals · Beringen · since 2003
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Business and other management consultancy · Roeselare · since 2025
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Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 1986
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Wholesale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Etterbeek · since 2017
Names that resemble it 16 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Elsene · since 1991
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Wholesale of clothing, excluding workwear and underwear · Sint-Niklaas · since 1995
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Evere · since 1996
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · since 1993
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Vermogensbeheer · Zelzate · since 2005
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Psychology services · Hechtel-Eksel · since 2026
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Business and other management consultancy · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2016
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Nursing and midwifery · since 2017
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Book publishing · Vorst · since 2022
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Vermogensbeheer · Liège · since 2023
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Abbreviation of Réseau des Services d'Insertion et d'intégration, Missions Actions · Other membership organisations · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 1983
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Vervaardiging van niet-verspanende machines voor de metaalbewerking en van gereedschapswerktuigen voor metaalbewerking · Mouscron · since 1986
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General construction of residential buildings · Keerbergen · since 2006
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Full-service restaurants · Geel · since 2006
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Cafés and bars · Arendonk · since 2024
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Namur · since 1986