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.
“ANSSO”
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
4 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Hasselt · since 1996
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Real estate agency activities · Kampenhout · since 1996
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Abbreviation of ... and So | Ecole de danse Sophie Gobert · Cultural education · Arlon · since 2017
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Computer programming · Antwerpen · since 2005
Names that resemble it 13 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Business and other management consultancy · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 1991
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Insurance agents and brokers · Zandhoven · since 2018
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Retail sale of wines and spirits · Antwerpen · since 2004
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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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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 2019
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Wholesale of pharmaceutical and medical goods · since 2022
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Full-service restaurants · Houthalen-Helchteren · since 2023