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.
“Anava”
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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Translation services · Brasschaat · since 2025
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Theize · since 2021
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · La Louvière · since 1989
Names that resemble it 31 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Retail sale of footwear · Beringen · since 2002
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Zaventem · since 1988
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Lessines · since 2007
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Specialist medical practice · Grez-Doiceau · since 2008
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Name of an establishment of AVA - PAPIERWAREN · Groothandel in kantoor- en schoolbenodigdheden · Temse · since 1956
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Abbreviation of Aide aux Nécessiteux anderlechtois · Anderlecht · since 1981
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Gavere · since 1989
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Abbreviation of ATELIER ARTS - VILLES - ARCHITECTURES · Activities of building architects · Elsene · since 1993
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Lanaken · since 1997
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Wholesale of clothing, excluding workwear and underwear · Rumst · since 1998
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Retail sale of other sporting goods · since 1990
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Insurance agents and brokers · Etterbeek · since 2017
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Other postal and courier activities · Jette · since 2018
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Abbreviation of Arnaud Vanitterbeek Avocat · Activities of lawyers · Waterloo · since 2019
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Activities of interior architects · since 2021
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Retail sale of bicycles · since 2002
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Halle · since 2004
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · Sint-Pieters-Leeuw · since 2005
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Abbreviation of Algemeen Verzekeringsagentschap · Insurance agents and brokers · Antwerpen · since 2007
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Chapelle-lez-Herlaimont · since 2008
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Activities of holding companies · Châtelet · since 2023
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Roeselare · since 2024
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Abbreviation of Altera Nobis Association · Brussel · since 2025
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · since 2025
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Halle · since 2023
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Jurbise · since 2023
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Development of residential building projects · Gistel · since 2017
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Vermogensbeheer · Keerbergen · since 2014
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Gent · since 2024
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Abbreviation of Antwerpse Vennootschap voor Aanplakkingen · Antwerpen · since 1970
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Zonhoven · since 1995