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.
“AnV”
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
3 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Abbreviation of ANIMATIEGROEP NIEUWSTAD VEURNE · Other amusement and recreation activities · Veurne · since 2014
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Business and other management consultancy · Crisnée · since 2019
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Activities of head offices · Brecht · since 2022
Names that resemble it 29 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Wholesale of live animals · Diksmuide · since 1987
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Full-service restaurants · Hechtel-Eksel · since 1994
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Vermogensbeheer · Oud-Heverlee · since 2007
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Support activities for animal production · Deinze · since 2019
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Abbreviation of VERZEKERINGEN VAN HET NOTARIAAT · Rechtstreekse verzekeringsverrichtingen niet-leven · Brussel · since 1935
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Activities of holding companies · Ieper · since 2018
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Other personal services · since 2019
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Machining of metals · since 2026
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Kontich · since 2021
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General construction of residential buildings · Aartselaar · since 2021
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Retail sale of flowers, plants, seeds and fertilisers · since 2021
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Veterinary services · Chaudfontaine · since 2023
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2011
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Support activities for crop production · Aalter · since 2024
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Podiatry and foot care · Stabroek · since 2025
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Elsene · since 2026
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Antwerpen · since 1984
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Hasselt · since 1996
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2014
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Groothandel in kantoor- en schoolbenodigdheden · since 1979
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2001
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Design of textile patterns, clothing, jewellery, furniture and decorative items · since 1999
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Vermogensbeheer · Waremme · since 2020
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Advertising agencies · since 2022
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Abbreviation of ALYNOA · Beauraing · since 2012
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Business and other management consultancy · Halle · since 2023
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Sports and recreation education · since 2024
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Office administrative and support services · since 2025
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Oostende · since 2026