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.
“ANSTER”
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
22 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Buggenhout · since 2000
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Wholesale of construction materials, general range · Sint-Pieters-Leeuw · since 1985
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Abbreviation of ASSOCIATION DE STERILISATION FRANCOPHONE · Assesse · since 1987
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Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Niklaas · since 1988
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Logging · Putte · since 1989
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Abbreviation of Astérides · Schaarbeek · since 1994
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Name of an establishment of l'Aster · General medical practice · Schaarbeek · since 1995
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Anderlecht · since 1999
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Activities of holding companies · Antwerpen · since 2016
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Roeselare · since 2016
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Vermogensbeheer · Kalmthout · since 2020
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Tourist information services · since 2020
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Abbreviation of Access to Sustainability for Tenants through Energy Effective Retrofit · Production of electricity from non-renewable sources · Antwerpen · since 2020
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Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2003
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Activities of building architects · Gent · since 2004
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General construction of residential buildings · Gedinne · since 2008
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Nursing and midwifery · Zonhoven · since 2026
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2026
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Wholesale of diamonds and other precious stones · Antwerpen · since 1995
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Business and other management consultancy · Willebroek · since 2001
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Schaarbeek · since 2003
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Activities of building architects · Putte · since 2024
Names that resemble it 13 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Wholesale of clothing, excluding workwear and underwear · Herentals · since 1988
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Specialist medical practice · Chaudfontaine · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 1995
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Translation services · since 1998
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Vermogensbeheer · Hoegaarden · since 2003
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Office administrative and support services · since 2019
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Varkensvetmesterijen · Assenede · since 2008
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Activities of building architects · since 2006
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Aartselaar · since 2024
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Business and other management consultancy · Buggenhout · since 2025
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Advertising agencies · since 2022
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Antwerpen · since 2015
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Andere afvalverwijdering · Saint-Ghislain · since 2003